[U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linu

[Fundu]

Thanks for clearing that up.

One other question, if i update  to u-boot 1.3.4 or whatever is the latest, can i configure so that i doesn't use FDT to boot kernel ?

TIA




--- On Thu, 8/14/08, Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linu
> To: fundu_1999 at yahoo.com
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 6:35 PM
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Fundu
> <fundu_1999 at yahoo.com> 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.
> > how do i make confirm this ?
> > TIA
> 
> I believe the 4xx boards were probably not using FDT back
> then.
> You can confirm by "help bootm" -- if it only
> takes the kernel
> addy and the optional ramdisk addy, then it is non-FDT.
> 
> But whether or not u-boot is FDT capable is pretty much
> moot
> point if you are on a v2.4.x kernel, as they don't use
> FDT.
> 
> P.
> 
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