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Existing boot loaders: OPTIONAL
-New boot loaders: MANDATORY
+New boot loaders: MANDATORY except for DT-only platforms
The boot loader should detect the machine type its running on by some
method. Whether this is a hard coded value or some algorithm that
looks at the connected hardware is beyond the scope of this document.
The boot loader must ultimately be able to provide a MACH_TYPE_xxx
-value to the kernel. (see linux/arch/arm/tools/mach-types).
+value to the kernel. (see linux/arch/arm/tools/mach-types). This
+should be passed to the kernel in register r1.
+
+For DT-only platforms, the machine type will be determined by device
+tree. set the machine type to all ones (~0). This is not strictly
+necessary, but assures that it will not match any existing types.
4. Setup boot data
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