Re: u-boot overwrites 'bootargs' from dt 'chosen' node

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 01:30:40AM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:

I'm still a little bit new to dt. I thought the bootargs in chosen node will always apply when dt is enabled. It just took me some time to figure out that u-boot 'bootargs' env will anyway overwrite the one from chosen.

Correct; the purpose of the 'chosen' node is to pass configuration information from boot firmware to the kernel. You can put properties int the /chosen node in your .dts files, but they are merely a suggestion when firmware is devicetree aware.

g.