[PATCH] ARM: dts: imx: Pass an empty 'chosen' node

Javier Martinez Canillas javier at osg.samsung.com
Mon Dec 19 07:33:44 PST 2016


Hello Fabio,

On 12/19/2016 12:28 PM, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> Commit 7f107887d199 ("ARM: dts: imx: Remove skeleton.dtsi") causes boot
> issues when the bootloader does not create a 'chosen' node if such node
> is not present in the dtb.
> 
> The reason for the boot failure is well explained by Javier Martinez
> Canillas: "the decompressor relies on a pre-existing chosen node to be
> available to insert the command line and merge other ATAGS info."
> 
> , so pass an empty 'chosen' node to fix the boot problem.
> 
> This issue has been seen in the kernelci reports with Barebox as
> bootloader.
> 
> Fixes: 7f107887d199 ("ARM: dts: imx: Remove skeleton.dtsi")
> Reported-by: kernelci.org bot <bot at kernelci.org>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at nxp.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier at osg.samsung.com>

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America



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