[PATCH] MIPS: Octeon: Verify the device tree so that /sys/firmware/fdt is created

From: Carl Smith

Date: Sun Oct 25 2026 - 15:29:40 EST


device_tree_init() sets initial_boot_params directly without calling
early_init_dt_verify(), so the FDT CRC is never computed and
of_fdt_raw_init() skips creating /syts/firmware/fdt.

not creating '/sys/firmware/fdt': CRC check failed

Call early_init_dt_verify() after the tree has been pruned and the MAC
addresses filled in, so that the CRC covers the tree that the kernel
unflattens.

Tested on a CN7130 with a bootloader-provided device tree.
Fixes: 08d53aa58cb1 ("of/fdt: export fdt blob as /sys/firmware/fdt")

Signed-off-by: Carl Smith <carl.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
index 1ad2602a0383..f25301e08222 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/setup.c
@@ -1178,6 +1178,7 @@ void __init device_tree_init(void)
}
if (fill_mac)
octeon_fill_mac_addresses();
+ early_init_dt_verify(initial_boot_params, __pa(initial_boot_params));
unflatten_and_copy_device_tree();
init_octeon_system_type();
}
--
2.56.0