Re: [PATCH 1/2] metag: copy devicetree to non-init memory

From: James Hogan
Date: Thu Feb 21 2013 - 06:28:50 EST


On 21/02/13 11:19, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 February 2013 08:22 PM, James Hogan wrote:
>> Make a copy of the device tree blob in non-init memory. It is required
>> when using built-in device tree files that the platform code copies the
>> blob to non-init memory prior to calling unflatten_device_tree(),
>> otherwise the strings that the device tree refer to will get poisoned
>> and potentially reused, breaking later reading of the device tree
>> post-init (such as compatible matching in modules, debugfs, and the
>> procfs interface).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In case you need it - Reviewed-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Vineet,

Cheers
James

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