Re: [PATCH] arm: dt: Initialize boot_command_line from CONFIG_CMDLINE in case DT does not provide /chosen/bootargs

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Wed Dec 14 2016 - 17:23:10 EST


Hello Pali,

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Pali RohÃr <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Commit 008a2ebcd677 ("ARM: dts: omap3: Remove skeleton.dtsi usage") broke
> support for setting cmdline on Nokia N900 via CONFIG_CMDLINE.
>

This commit really exposed the issue rather than causing it. But since
it was working before due including skeleton.dtsi which defines an
empty chosen node, I think that you should add a:

Fixes: 008a2ebcd677 ("ARM: dts: omap3: Remove skeleton.dtsi usage")

> It is because arm code booted in DT mode parse cmdline only via function
> early_init_dt_scan_chosen() and that function does not fill variable
> boot_command_line when DTB does not contain /chosen entry. It is called
> from function early_init_dt_scan_nodes() in setup_machine_fdt().
>
> This patch fixes it by explicitly filling boot_command_line in function
> setup_machine_fdt() after calling early_init_dt_scan_nodes() in case
> boot_command_line still remains empty.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pali RohÃr <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Best regards,
Javier