On 11/18/21 1:12 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> The early FDT scanning functions use of_scan_flat_dt() which implements
> its own node walking method. This function predates libfdt and is an
> unnecessary indirection. This series reworks
> early_init_dt_scan_chosen(), early_init_dt_scan_root(), and
> early_init_dt_scan_memory() to be called directly and use libfdt calls.
>
> Ultimately, I want to remove of_scan_flat_dt(). Most of the remaining
> of_scan_flat_dt() users are in powerpc.
>
> Rob
>
>
> Rob Herring (3):
> of/fdt: Rework early_init_dt_scan_chosen() to call directly
> of/fdt: Rework early_init_dt_scan_root() to call directly
> of/fdt: Rework early_init_dt_scan_memory() to call directly
>
> arch/mips/ralink/of.c| 16 +---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c | 22 ++---
> arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/kaslr_booke.c | 4 +-
> drivers/of/fdt.c | 121 ++-
> include/linux/of_fdt.h | 9 +-
> 5 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
>
"checkpatch --strict" reports some "CHECK" issues, but review of the patches
for correctness becomes much more difficult if they are addressed, so they
should be ignored for this series.
-Frank
