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<title>linux.git/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree_misc.c, branch v2.6.20</title>
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<title>[POWERPC] Cleanup zImage handling of kernel entry with flat device tree</title>
<updated>2006-12-04T09:39:34+00:00</updated>
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<name>David Gibson</name>
<email>david@gibson.dropbear.id.au</email>
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<published>2006-11-21T00:37:37+00:00</published>
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This makes 2 changes to clean up the flat device tree handling
logic in the zImage wrapper.

First, there were two callbacks from the dt_ops structure used for
producing a final flat tree to pass to the kerne: dt_ops.ft_pack()
which packed the flat tree (possibly a no-op) and dt_ops.ft_addr()
which retreived the address of the final blob.  Since they were only
ever called together, this patch combines the two into a single new
callback, dt_ops.finalize().  This new callback does whatever
platform-dependent things are necessary to produce a final flat device
tree blob, and returns the blob's addres.

Second, the current logic calls the kernel with a flat device tree if
one is build into the zImage wrapper, otherwise it boots the kernel
with a PROM pointer, expecting the kernel to copy the OF device tree
itself.  This approach precludes the possibility of the platform
wrapper code building a flat device tree from whatever
platform-specific information firmware provides.  Thus, this patch
takes the more sensible approach of invoking the kernel with a flat
tree if the dt_ops.finalize callback provides one (by whatever means).

So, the dt_ops.finalize callback can be NULL, or can be a function
which returns NULL.  In either case, the zImage wrapper logic assumes
that this is a platform with OF and invokes the kernel accordingly.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson &lt;dwg@au1.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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This makes 2 changes to clean up the flat device tree handling
logic in the zImage wrapper.

First, there were two callbacks from the dt_ops structure used for
producing a final flat tree to pass to the kerne: dt_ops.ft_pack()
which packed the flat tree (possibly a no-op) and dt_ops.ft_addr()
which retreived the address of the final blob.  Since they were only
ever called together, this patch combines the two into a single new
callback, dt_ops.finalize().  This new callback does whatever
platform-dependent things are necessary to produce a final flat device
tree blob, and returns the blob's addres.

Second, the current logic calls the kernel with a flat device tree if
one is build into the zImage wrapper, otherwise it boots the kernel
with a PROM pointer, expecting the kernel to copy the OF device tree
itself.  This approach precludes the possibility of the platform
wrapper code building a flat device tree from whatever
platform-specific information firmware provides.  Thus, this patch
takes the more sensible approach of invoking the kernel with a flat
tree if the dt_ops.finalize callback provides one (by whatever means).

So, the dt_ops.finalize callback can be NULL, or can be a function
which returns NULL.  In either case, the zImage wrapper logic assumes
that this is a platform with OF and invokes the kernel accordingly.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson &lt;dwg@au1.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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<title>[POWERPC] Add flatdevtree source</title>
<updated>2006-10-23T02:49:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark A. Greer</name>
<email>mgreer@mvista.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-10-16T20:50:05+00:00</published>
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Add the latest version of the flatdevtree code and corresponding glue.

A phandle table now tracks values returned by ft_find_device().
The value returned by ft_find_device() is a phandle which is really
an index into the phandle table.  The phandle table contains the address
of the corresponding node.  When the flat dt is edited/moved, the node
pointers in the phandle table are updated accordingly so no phandles kept
by the caller become stale.

Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer &lt;mgreer@mvista.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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Add the latest version of the flatdevtree code and corresponding glue.

A phandle table now tracks values returned by ft_find_device().
The value returned by ft_find_device() is a phandle which is really
an index into the phandle table.  The phandle table contains the address
of the corresponding node.  When the flat dt is edited/moved, the node
pointers in the phandle table are updated accordingly so no phandles kept
by the caller become stale.

Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer &lt;mgreer@mvista.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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