Messages in this thread | | | From | Rob Herring <> | Date | Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:58:43 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] drivers/of: do not add memory for unavailable nodes |
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On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > Respect the standard dt "status" property when scanning memory nodes in > early_init_dt_scan_memory(), so that if the node is unavailable, no > memory will be added. > > The use case at hand is accelerator or device memory, which may be > unusable until post-boot initialization of the memory link. Such a node > can be described in the dt as any other, given its status is "disabled". > Per the device tree specification, > > "disabled" > Indicates that the device is not presently operational, but it > might become operational in the future (for example, something > is not plugged in, or switched off). > > Once such memory is made operational, it can then be hotplugged. > > Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > drivers/of/fdt.c | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
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