[U-Boot-Users] Re: [PATCH] 8xx: fix initialation bug/race condition between u-boot & linux

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Jun 18 09:16:41 CEST 2003


In message <3EF00E16.3050604 at intracom.gr> you wrote:
> 
>   I think it's just proper defensive programming to always
> do a CP reset in that case, and as soon as possible.

Then probably the boot loader should do it before starting the  Linux
kernel.

> The best thing we could do is do the reset at head_8xx.S.

Note that such a change will kill all attempts for ealy debug  output
over the serial console port.


Wolfgang Denk

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