[U-Boot-Users] [RFC][PATCH 1/1] Add board_eth_init() function

[Joakim Tjernlund]

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 10:22 -0400, Ben Warren wrote:
> Stefan Roese wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 March 2008, Ben Warren wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >   
> >>>  All I'm asking for is to make sure that this can be configured  in  a
> >>>  board  specific  way.  If  there  is a zensible default setting which
> >>>  covers most cases without need for board-specific stuff  that's  just
> >>>  all the better.
> >>>       
> >> How about something like this:
> >>
> >> #ifdef CONFIG_ETH_INIT_DEFAULT
> >>         CFG_ETH_INIT_DEFAULT(bis);
> >> #else
> >>         board_eth_init(bis);
> >> #endif
> >>     
> >
> > Using Markus's idea, why not use a cpu (platform) specific *and* a board 
> > specific init function, both with an empty weak alias in the common eth.c 
> > code:
> >
> > 	cpu_eth_init(bis);
> > 	board_eth_init(bis);
> >   
> 
> I thought about this some more, and the problem is that cpu_eth_init() and board_eth_init()
> are mutually exclusive, with board_eth_init() having a higher priority.
> I think the following will work, but would appreciate some feedback.
> 
> -----
> 
> int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis) __attribute(weak);
> int cpu_eth_init(bd_t *bis) __attribute(weak);
> 
> .
> .
> .
> 
> if (board_eth_init)
> 	board_eth_init(bis);
> else if (cpu_eth_init)
> 	cpu_eth_init(bis);
> 
> -----
> 
> This gets rid of the pointless aliases and gives precedence to the board-specific initialization.
> 
> 
> regards,
> Ben

I think you must enable full relocation, CONFIG_RELOC_FIXUP_WORKS, to
make the "if (board_eth_init)" work. This is just a guess though.

  Jocke