[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/1] at91: Update MEESC board support

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Sep 10 20:41:50 CEST 2009


Dear Daniel Gorsulowski,

In message <4AA90821.1060106 at esd.eu> you wrote:
> 
> >> -	/* arch number of MEESC-Board */
> >> -	gd->bd->bi_arch_number = MACH_TYPE_MEESC;
> >> +	/* initialize ET1100 Controller */
> >> +	meesc_ethercat_hw_init();
> > 
> > I thought we had agreed not to initialize the Ethernet hardware if it
> > not used by U-Boot?
> > 
> We had, but this does not initialize unused hardware. This is needed for
> detecting hw_type and setting correct arch_number.

meesc_ethercat_hw_init() "is needed for ... setting correct
arch_number" ??

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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