[PATCH 2/2] ARM: Remove machine type dockstar (use sheevaplug instead)

Alexander Holler holler at ahsoftware.de
Wed Apr 6 17:43:33 EDT 2011


On 06.04.2011 23:02, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2011, Alexander Holler wrote:
>
>> There is no need to have a different machine type for Seagate DockStars.
>> Remove it.
>>
>> Be aware, this patch requires a change in the bootloader to feed the
>> same machine type to the kernel as used for Marvell SheevaPlugs.
>
> This is therefore not a good idea to do this.

The original bootloader isn't affected at all, only already modified 
ones which are using the machine type dockstar. And I don't think this 
are that many because that machine type was only supported for one or 
two revisions of U-Boot.

Regards,

Alexander Holler



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