linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: fw: Gracefully handle unknown firmware protocols

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2408251612500.30766@angie.orcam.me.uk>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:18:19 +0100 (BST)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
To: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
cc: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>, 
    Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>, 
    "linux-mips@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
    "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: fw: Gracefully handle unknown firmware protocols

On Sun, 25 Aug 2024, Bjørn Mork wrote:

> But I can't make that match what U-Boot does.  AFAICS,
> u-boot/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c doesn't care about 32 or 64 bit, and simply
> does:

 U-Boot isn't the only firmware used with MIPS systems, and in fact it's 
quite a recent addition; e.g. DEC REX and SGI ARCS firmware goes back at 
least to 1990 and we continue supporting these systems.  There's also CFE, 
PMON, YAMON, etc.

  Maciej