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    powerpc/mm: Separate ibm, dynamic-memory data from DT format · 6c6ea537
    Nathan Fontenot authored
    We currently have code to parse the dynamic reconfiguration LMB
    information from the ibm,dynamic-meory device tree property in
    multiple locations; numa.c, prom.c, and pseries/hotplug-memory.c.
    In anticipation of adding support for a version 2 of the
    ibm,dynamic-memory property this patch aims to separate the device
    tree information from the device tree format.
    
    Doing this requires a two step process to avoid a possibly very large
    bootmem allocation early in boot. During initial boot, new routines
    are provided to walk the device tree property and make a call-back
    for each LMB.
    
    The second step (introduced in later patches) will allocate an
    array of LMB information that can be used directly without needing
    to know the DT format.
    
    This approach provides the benefit of consolidating the device tree
    property parsing to a single location and (eventually) providing
    a common data structure for retrieving LMB information.
    
    This patch introduces a routine to walk the ibm,dynamic-memory
    property in the flattened device tree and updates the prom.c code
    to use this to initialize memory.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNathan Fontenot <nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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