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). Let's revert the above commit and redo the missing /chosen node handling within early_init_dt_scan_chosen(). Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Rob Herring (2): Revert "of: fdt: Honor CONFIG_CMDLINE* even without /chosen node" of: fdt: Honor CONFIG_CMDLINE* even without /chosen node, take 2 drivers/of/fdt.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 1b929c02afd37871d5afb9d498426f83432e71c2 change-id: 20230103-dt-cmdline-fix-e36eb7e39b75 Best regards, -- Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>