Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH 3 of 4] [PATCH] Move flat device tree construction from python to libxc for xc_linux_build()

[Ryan Harper <ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

* Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx> [2007-01-15 20:44]:
> On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 21:29 -0500, Jimi Xenidis wrote:
> > On Jan 15, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 17:25 -0500, Jimi Xenidis wrote:
> > >>>>> +int make_devtree(
> > >> [snip]
> > >>>> Any ideas what this reservation is for? is it for the flat-devtree
> > >>>> itself?
> > >>>
> > >>> Nope.
> > >>>
> > >>>>> +    /* root.reserve(0x1000000, 0x1000) */
> > >>>>> +    val[0] = cpu_to_be64((u64) 0x1000000);
> > >>>>> +    val[1] = cpu_to_be64((u64) 0x1000);
> > >>>>> +    ft_add_rsvmap(root, val[0], val[1]);
> > >
> > > Yes, it is: see DEVTREE_ADDR in xc_linux_build.c .
> > so we can lose it, right?
> 
> You should know: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc/patch?id=5043 :)
> 
> Yes, we can remove it.

Even though we aren't making the tree in python we are still loading it
at DEVTREE_ADDR no?  Why don't we need it?

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Ryan Harper
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