[U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linux

[Jon Loeliger]

Fundu wrote:
> i'm using a the taishan board u-boot 1.2.0 and linux 2.4

Uh, OK.  Those are both pretty darn old by now.....

> does u-boot-1.2.0 pass a flatten device tree to the kernel ?

Maybe.
 
> does this even matter ?

Yes.

> also does linux-2.4 expect fdt ?

Nope.  You have to get to about 2.6.12 or 13
(ie, aboout 2 years ago) before it begins to
matter for PowerPC boards.

jdl