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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] riscv: Remove non-standard linux,elfcorehdr handling
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:47:46 PDT (-0700), robh+dt@kernel.org wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 4:43 AM Nick Kossifidis <mick@ics.forth.gr> wrote:
>>
>> Στις 2021-06-16 10:56, Geert Uytterhoeven έγραψε:
>> >
>> > I can't comment on the duplication on arm64, but to me, /chosen
>> > sounds like the natural place for both "linux,elfcorehdr" and
>> > "linux,usable-memory-range". First rule of DT is "DT describes
>> > hardware, not software policy", with /chosen describing some software
>> > configuration.
>> >
>>
>> We already have "linux,usable-memory" on /memory node:
>> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.13-rc6/source/drivers/of/fdt.c#L1011
>> and it makes perfect sense to be there since it overrides /memory's reg
>> property.
>>
>> Why define another binding for the same thing on /chosen ?
>
> Go look at the thread adding "linux,usable-memory-range". There were
> only 35 versions of it[1]. I wasn't happy with a 2nd way either, but
> as I've mentioned before we don't always have /memory node.

I don't really understand what's going on here, but IIUC what I merged
in 5.13 doesn't match the behavior that other architectures have. In
that case I'm happy moving RISC-V over to the more standard way of doing
things and just calling what we have in 5.13 a screwup.

Sorry for the confusion.

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