[U-Boot] [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 0/3] ARM: sunxi: Fix reset support on sun6i/sun8i

[Chen-Yu Tsai]

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Julian Calaby <julian.calaby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens at csie.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This series fixes support for the reset command on sun6i/sun8i.
>> The watchdog hardware has changed in sun6i, both the register
>> addresses and definitions. This makes the reset command unusable
>> on sun6i.
>
> Doesn't this break building multi-sub-arch kernels that support both
> sun4i/sun5i/sun7i and sun6i/sun8i?

Last time I checked, U-boot doesn't do multi-arch kernels.

> Would it be possible to just add a new driver for the modified
> watchdog or put all the bits that changed into the device tree?

That is pretty much what the "kernel" version of this does.
See: http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg362853.html


Cheers
ChenYu