Re: [PATCH] powerpc: delete boot-cpu and chosen nodes from all DTS files

Kumar Gala wrote:

On Feb 13, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Timur Tabi wrote:

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The 'linux,boot-cpu' property and the 'chosen' node do not belong in the
DTS file, because U-Boot creates these entries in the device tree when
it boots linux.

Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <redacted>
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Is there some harm is having them set in the .dts?

Well, I don't think a DTS should contain a property that isn't going to be used. 
  It might convince people that the property belongs there.

The 'chosen' section is absent from all but one DTS for the same reason.

I can see 'linux,boot-cpu' may vary on a SMP, but the majority of .dts's 
are for uniproc's

U-Boot sets it, so whatever the DTS contains is ignored.

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Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale