[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Move init_sequence table into code.

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Apr 15 06:35:18 CEST 2008


In message <1208207184.5911.26.camel at gentoo-jocke.transmode.se> you wrote:
> 
> It is a step closer towards full relocation of u-boot, I want to get rid
> of using global data while in FLASH.

I doubt that this will work, but I'd love to be surprised :-)

> > The original idea of having such a list  of  funtion  pointers  which
> > just  get executed one after another was to be able to wrap this into
> > some "#ifndef CONFIG_INIT_SEQUENCE" and use this to allow for  board-
> > specific init sequences by just adding a #define with the needed list
> > of functions to the board config files.
> 
> You can do that with weak functions too. Just make all the functions
> weak, then a board can overide with its own function.

That would not, for example, to allow to change the sequence - say
one board needs to initialize PCI very early, but another one very
late.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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