linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] powerpc/prom_init: remove linux,stdout-package property

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:15:44 -0300
From:   Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muriloo@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muriloo@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Mathieu Malaterre <malat@...ian.org>,
        Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>,
        Michael Bringmann <mwb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Cédric Le Goater <clg@...d.org>,
        Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] powerpc/prom_init: remove linux,stdout-package property

This property was added in 2004 and the only use of it, which was already inside
`#if 0`, was removed a month later.

Signed-off-by: Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muriloo@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

v1..v2:
- Move github.com links to this section so they can still end up in the mail
  archive.
- Remove Fixes: tag from commit message.
- Add Link: tag here.
- Link to v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180712171904.18971-1-muriloo@linux.ibm.com

This property was added in 2004 by

    https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/689fe5072fe9a0dec914bfa4fa60aed1e54563e6

and the only use of it, which was already inside `#if 0`, was removed a month
later by

    https://github.com/mpe/linux-fullhistory/commit/1fbe5a6d90f6cd4ea610737ef488719d1a875de7

Link: https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/issues/125

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index 5425dd3d6a9f..c45fb463c9e5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -2102,8 +2102,6 @@ static void __init prom_init_stdout(void)
 	stdout_node = call_prom("instance-to-package", 1, 1, prom.stdout);
 	if (stdout_node != PROM_ERROR) {
 		val = cpu_to_be32(stdout_node);
-		prom_setprop(prom.chosen, "/chosen", "linux,stdout-package",
-			     &val, sizeof(val));
 
 		/* If it's a display, note it */
 		memset(type, 0, sizeof(type));
-- 
2.17.1