[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] x86: zImage: pass device tree setup data to the kernel

[Ivan Gorinov]

On Fri, 2018-03-16 at 19:52 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On x86 platforms, U-Boot does not provide Device Tree data to the
> > kernel.
> > This prevents the kernel from using the same hardware description.
> > 
> > Make a copy of DTB data with setup_data header and insert new item
> > into the the setup data linked list.
> So, now is the question, what to do with x86 hardware that has DTS in U-
> Boot, but uses ACPI tables, generated by U-Boot.
> 
> Would it work properly?

It will work because CONFIG_OF is disabled in most x86 kernel configurations.

> I would try to test it on Intel Edison (I hope you may do this yourself
> as well), though I don't know when, have not much time to work with
> Edison right now.

I am going to try that on a Minnowboard.