[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3] iMX31: Add support to copy NAND Flash code to RAM

[Magnus Lilja]

2008/10/24 Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>:
> Dear Alan,
>
> In message <37367b3a0810231758y5a3ad19do42e40fbf5128f0 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>>
>> > Last time Scott Wood suggested to use nand_spl you replied "I think using
>> > nand_spl is the best approach, but it will needs more effort to complete."
>> > and "Anyway, right now we can have iMX31PDK booting with this code as an
>> > option for users willing to use U-Boot in this board." So, what's the
>> > status of this effort? If this your new submission, which still doesn't
>> > use nand_spl is not really targeted for upstream merge, I think, it would
>> > be better not to mark these mails "PATCH". Or have I missed anything?
>> >
>>
>> This patch is just a rebase of previous patch, to be merged on
>> u-boot-arm/master repository.
>
> It will not be merged to arm/master ...
>
>> I don't have nand_spl working until now.
>
> ...because we are waiting for nand_spl code.
>
>> I am new sending patches to u-boot mailing list. So what is the
>> problem when calling it of "PATCH"? Please, let me know about my
>> mistake, can you explain about it?
>
> The problem is that we told you we will only add code that fits intop
> the existing framework, i. e. nand_spl

Where can one find developer documentation for nand_spl? Also, is
there any ARM board supporting this already?

The nand_spl for the i.MX31 has to fit within 2048 bytes, along with
some of the usual low_levelinit.S stuff.

/Magnus