[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] config: Add FreeBSD kconfig options

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Thu Nov 17 17:27:02 CET 2016


On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 03:12:02PM +0100, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:07:34 -0500
> Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 09:34:27AM +0100, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> > 
> > > This series of patches add the needed bits for booting the FreeBSD
> > > loader.
> > > FreeBSD loader needs the U-Boot API and dache disabled for it to run so
> > > add kconfig options for them.
> > > Also add some some boot command that locate and run the FreeBSD loader
> > > if found.
> > > 
> > > Emmanuel Vadot (4):
> > >   kconfig: Add API kconfig file
> > >   kconfig: arm: Add SYS_DCACHE_OFF option
> > >   kconfig: Add a FREEBSD option
> > >   distro_bootcmd: Add command to run FreeBSD
> > > 
> > >  Kconfig                         |  2 ++
> > >  api/Kconfig                     |  9 +++++++++
> > >  arch/arm/Kconfig                |  6 ++++++
> > >  common/Kconfig                  |  9 +++++++++
> > >  include/config_distro_bootcmd.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> > This is a good first start.  But I think there's a few things that need
> > tweaking.  First, we don't want to globally turn off dcache, but it does
> > need to be migrated to Kconfig (so we know if it's enabled or not).
> > Second, we should instead use CMD_CACHE and the 'dcache' command to
> > disable dcache prior to running the FreeBSD loader.  Then we make sure
> > that the generic distro feature has CMD_CACHE if !SYS_DCACHE_OFF (and
> > !SYS_ICACHE_OFF).  Thanks!
> > 
> > -- 
> > Tom
> 
>  Hi Tom,
> 
>  I will make the modification, should I sent the patch for
> migration of SYS_DCACHE_OFF to Kconfig as a separate patch ?

I'll grab (and re-run the moveconfig.py part) for the first two parts of
your series.

-- 
Tom
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