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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index 27b457c09729..4ac2d641fcb6 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | |||
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ | |||
33 | - Change version 16 format to always align | 33 | - Change version 16 format to always align |
34 | property data to 4 bytes. Since tokens are | 34 | property data to 4 bytes. Since tokens are |
35 | already aligned, that means no specific | 35 | already aligned, that means no specific |
36 | required alignement between property size | 36 | required alignment between property size |
37 | and property data. The old style variable | 37 | and property data. The old style variable |
38 | alignment would make it impossible to do | 38 | alignment would make it impossible to do |
39 | "simple" insertion of properties using | 39 | "simple" insertion of properties using |
40 | memove (thanks Milton for | 40 | memove (thanks Milton for |
41 | noticing). Updated kernel patch as well | 41 | noticing). Updated kernel patch as well |
42 | - Correct a few more alignement constraints | 42 | - Correct a few more alignment constraints |
43 | - Add a chapter about the device-tree | 43 | - Add a chapter about the device-tree |
44 | compiler and the textural representation of | 44 | compiler and the textural representation of |
45 | the tree that can be "compiled" by dtc. | 45 | the tree that can be "compiled" by dtc. |
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ address which can extend beyond that limit. | |||
854 | console device if any. Typically, if you have serial devices on | 854 | console device if any. Typically, if you have serial devices on |
855 | your board, you may want to put the full path to the one set as | 855 | your board, you may want to put the full path to the one set as |
856 | the default console in the firmware here, for the kernel to pick | 856 | the default console in the firmware here, for the kernel to pick |
857 | it up as it's own default console. If you look at the funciton | 857 | it up as its own default console. If you look at the function |
858 | set_preferred_console() in arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c, you'll see | 858 | set_preferred_console() in arch/ppc64/kernel/setup.c, you'll see |
859 | that the kernel tries to find out the default console and has | 859 | that the kernel tries to find out the default console and has |
860 | knowledge of various types like 8250 serial ports. You may want | 860 | knowledge of various types like 8250 serial ports. You may want |
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ should have the following properties: | |||
1124 | - interrupt-parent : contains the phandle of the interrupt | 1124 | - interrupt-parent : contains the phandle of the interrupt |
1125 | controller which handles interrupts for this device | 1125 | controller which handles interrupts for this device |
1126 | - interrupts : a list of tuples representing the interrupt | 1126 | - interrupts : a list of tuples representing the interrupt |
1127 | number and the interrupt sense and level for each interupt | 1127 | number and the interrupt sense and level for each interrupt |
1128 | for this device. | 1128 | for this device. |
1129 | 1129 | ||
1130 | This information is used by the kernel to build the interrupt table | 1130 | This information is used by the kernel to build the interrupt table |