linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt: Remove booting-without-of.rst

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Message-ID: <87imbk12g8.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Fri, 09 Oct 2020 14:51:51 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt: Remove booting-without-of.rst

Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> writes:
> booting-without-of.rstt is an ancient document that first outlined
                        ^
                        nit

> Flattened DeviceTree on PowerPC initially. The DT world has evolved a
> lot in the 15 years since and booting-without-of.rst is pretty stale.
> The name of the document itself is confusing if you don't understand the
> evolution from real 'OpenFirmware'. Most of what booting-without-of.rst
> contains is now in the DT specification (which evolved out of the
> ePAPR). The few things that weren't documented in the DT specification
> are now.
>
> All that remains is the boot entry details, so let's move these to arch
> specific documents. The exception is arm which already has the same
> details documented.
>
> Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
> Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> Cc: linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/booting-without-of.rst         | 1585 -----------------
>  Documentation/devicetree/index.rst            |    1 -
>  Documentation/mips/booting.rst                |   28 +
>  Documentation/mips/index.rst                  |    1 +
>  Documentation/powerpc/booting.rst             |  110 ++

LGTM.

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> (powerpc)

cheers