[U-Boot] [RFC] Driver model

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Marek Vasut,

In message <201009241737.27335.marek.vasut at gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > Using the DT for run-time configuration of U-Boot would be especially
> > interesting. Assume: a single U-Boot image for all - say - OMAP3
> > boards...
>
> This looks very cool. I thought about this and I came to a further idea:
> * Make "minimal" u-boot that'd be independent of DTree
> * Upon setting variable "fdt" to an address of the DTree, enable remaining 
> components of uboot
>
> The second point would allow booting a platform in case the DTree was faulty. Or 
> we can have a known-good DTree and a variable that'd allow to override it, that 
> might be even better.

We will probably need something like that anyway - the "minimal
configuration" being largely what is running before relocation, the
"full configuration" when we have full access to normal resources.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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