linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] MIPS: Simplify ELF appended dtb handling

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Date:   Wed, 26 Sep 2018 23:52:22 +0300
From:   Yasha Cherikovsky <yasha.che3@...il.com>
To:     Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
Cc:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        "linux-mips@...ux-mips.org" <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] MIPS: Simplify ELF appended dtb handling

Hi Paul,

On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 20:36 +0000, Paul Burton wrote:
> Hi Yasha,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 09:08:21PM +0300, Yasha Cherikovsky wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This patch series simplifies and cleans up the handling of
> > CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB in the MIPS tree.
> > 
> > Specifically, it makes sure that the dtb appears in 'fw_passed_dtb'
> > also under CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB=y.
> > 
> > This allows to remove special platform code that handled the ELF
> > appended dtb case, and replace it with the generic appended dtb
> > case (fw_passed_dtb).
> > 
> > There's also a bonus: platforms that already handle 'fw_passed_dtb',
> > gain now automatic support for detecting a DT blob under
> > CONFIG_MIPS_ELF_APPENDED_DTB=y.
> 
> Thanks - applied to mips-next for 4.20.
> 
> Paul

Thanks!

Yasha