Re: [PATCH] arm64: defconfig: enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER

[Scott Branden]

Hi Olof,


On 18-08-29 11:44 AM, Olof Johansson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Scott Branden
> <scott.branden@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Enable EFI_ARMSTUB_DTB_LOADER to add support for the dtb= command line
> > parameter to function with efi loader.
> >
> > Required to boot on existing bootloaders that do not support devicetree
> > provided by the platform or by the bootloader.
> >
> > Fixes: 3d7ee348aa41 ("efi/libstub/arm: Add opt-in Kconfig option for the DTB loader")
> > Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Why did Ard create an option for this if it's just going be turned on
> in default configs? Doesn't make sense to me.
>
> It would help to know what firmware still is crippled and how common
> it is, since it's been a few years that this has been a requirement by
> now.
Broadcom NS2 and Stingray in current development and production need 
this option in the kernel enabled in order to boot.
> -Olof