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authorGregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com>2015-02-03 18:49:26 -0800
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2015-02-27 14:54:55 -0700
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Documentation: arm: Update for DT-only platforms
The documentation specified that a machine type is mandatory and made that assumption in a few places. However, for DT-only platforms, the current advice is that no machine type should be registered, so update accordingly. Signed-off-by: Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -185,13 +185,20 @@ Kernel entry (head.S)
board devices are used, or the device is setup, and provides that
machine specific "personality."
- This fine-grained machine specific selection is controlled by the machine
- type ID, which acts both as a run-time and a compile-time code selection
- method.
+ For platforms that support device tree (DT), the machine selection is
+ controlled at runtime by passing the device tree blob to the kernel. At
+ compile-time, support for the machine type must be selected. This allows for
+ a single multiplatform kernel build to be used for several machine types.
- You can register a new machine via the web site at:
+ For platforms that do not use device tree, this machine selection is
+ controlled by the machine type ID, which acts both as a run-time and a
+ compile-time code selection method. You can register a new machine via the
+ web site at:
<http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/>
+ Note: Please do not register a machine type for DT-only platforms. If your
+ platform is DT-only, you do not need a registered machine type.
+
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Russell King (15/03/2004)