On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 1:41 PM Geoff Levand <ge...@infradead.org> wrote: > > Commit a7d550f82b445cf218b47a2c1a9c56e97ecb8c7a (of: fdt: Honor > CONFIG_CMDLINE* > even without /chosen node) moved the processing of the kernel built-in command > line (CONFIG_CMDLINE) from the early_init_dt_scan_chosen routine to the > early_init_dt_scan_nodes routine. > > The current powerpc startup code does not call into early_init_dt_scan_nodes, > so > processing of CONFIG_CMDLINE never happens, even if CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE=y. > The result is an empty kernel command line, and mounting of the root file > system > then fails with a kernel panic (not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs). > > The early_init_dt_scan routine calls into early_init_dt_verify and then > early_init_dt_scan_nodes. The powerpc startup routine early_init_devtree > currently has a call to early_init_dt_verify. This change replaces that > early_init_dt_verify call to a call to early_init_dt_scan. > > Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <ge...@infradead.org> > --- > arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c > index 4f1c920aa13e..82c9cd3bdbec 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c > @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params) > DBG(" -> early_init_devtree(%px)\n", params); > > /* Too early to BUG_ON(), do it by hand */ > - if (!early_init_dt_verify(params)) > + if (!early_init_dt_scan(params))
It would be nice if this could be used instead, but it does other things like memory setup which I think will not work for some PPC platforms. Rob