[U-Boot] [PATCH] x86: Add a pointer to the global data structure to point to the device tree

[Graeme Russ]

Hi Gabe,

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Gabe Black <gabeblack at chromium.org> wrote:
> This change adds a pointer to the global data structure in x86 to point to
> the device tree. This mirrors an identical pointer in ARM.

Out of curiosity, is this paving the way for FDT support in general?
If so, to what extent does the Linux kernel support FDT for x86?

I have had thoughts about looking into what Device Tree / FDT is all
about, and I'm wondering what it is going to bring to the table
(positive and negative) for x86. For example, would this, in theory,
depricate the boot_params structure, e820 map etc...

Regards,

Graeme