[U-Boot] Flatten device tree & PPC linu
Jon Loeliger
jdl at freescale.com
Fri Aug 15 16:15:43 CEST 2008
Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Fundu,
>
> In message <805245.7882.qm at web63402.mail.re1.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>> 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 ?
>
> You don't have to configure that - it just depoends on how you boot
> the Linux kenrel image - either you pass a device tree address (as
> the third argument to the bootm command), or you don't.
True. But if your question was really "Can I have PowerPC board
boot without a Device Tree?", then no, you can't unless you work
really hard in the wrong direction. :-)
All PowerPC converted to using the Device Tree for booting over
two years ago now.
jdl
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