Re: [PATCH 3/3] of: Handle memory@0 node on PPC32 only

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Leif,

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In order to deal with an firmware bug on a specific ppc32 platform
> (longtrail), early_init_dt_scan_memory() looks for a node called
> memory@0 on all platforms. Restrict this quirk to ppc32 kernels only.

This breaks backwards compatibilty with old DTSes (at least on ARM/MIPS,
where you added the missing property in patches 1 and 2 of the series)?

For the Longtrail, I don't care much anymore, as mine died in 2004.
AFAIK, there have never been many users anyway.

> Signed-off-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/of/fdt.c |    7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> index fa16a91..7368472 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> @@ -887,14 +887,19 @@ int __init early_init_dt_scan_memory(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
>
>         /* We are scanning "memory" nodes only */
>         if (type == NULL) {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
>                 /*
>                  * The longtrail doesn't have a device_type on the
>                  * /memory node, so look for the node called /memory@0.
>                  */
>                 if (depth != 1 || strcmp(uname, "memory@0") != 0)
>                         return 0;
> -       } else if (strcmp(type, "memory") != 0)
> +#else
> +               return 0;
> +#endif
> +       } else if (strcmp(type, "memory") != 0) {
>                 return 0;
> +       }
>
>         reg = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "linux,usable-memory", &l);
>         if (reg == NULL)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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