Re: [PATCH v4 5/7] arm64: Unconditionally call unflatten_device_tree()

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Feb 22 2024 - 19:03:32 EST


On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 05:05:54PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Call this function unconditionally so that we can populate an empty DTB
> on platforms that don't boot with a firmware provided or builtin DTB.
> When ACPI is in use, unflatten_device_tree() ignores the
> 'initial_boot_params' pointer so the live DT on those systems won't be
> whatever that's pointing to. Similarly, when kexec copies the DT data
> the previous kernel to the new one on ACPI systems,
> of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt() will ignore the live DT (the empty root
> one) and copy the 'initial_boot_params' data.
>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: <linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Catalin, Will, Can I get an ack on this so I can take the series via the
DT tree.

Rob