# Re: \[PATCH v5 40/42\] drivers/of: Allow to specify root node in of\_fdt\_unflatten\_tree()

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- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2015/06/8109852/t

## Re: \[PATCH v5 40/42\] drivers/of: Allow to specify root node in of\_fdt\_unflatten\_tree()

- From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt \<hidden\>
- Date: 2015-06-30 21:46:54 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2015/06/8109852.md

```text
On Tue, 2015-06-30 at 19:06 +0100, Grant Likely wrote:
> It may be time to dump the special allocation of fdt.c entirely and
> treat all nodes the same way, with name and properties all allocated
> with normal kmallocs.... Investigation is needed to figure out if this
> is feasible.

kmalloc isn't available early enough

Cheers,
Ben.
```