[U-Boot] CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE not working with NAND env

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Nick Thompson wrote:
> common/console.c has this function:
>
> /* Called before relocation - use serial functions */
> int console_init_f(void)
> {
>        gd->have_console = 1;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
>        if (getenv("silent") != NULL)
>                gd->flags |= GD_FLG_SILENT;
> #endif
>
>        return 0;
> }
>
> I have defined CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE and set "silent" in my NAND env,
> but the SILENT flag doesn't get set.
>
> I suspect this function is called way too early for NAND env to be available.

NAND isnt the only one with this problem (SPI does too last i looked).
 during early boot, you only have the default env available.  so if
you want silent console, i'd suggest you enable that in your default
env.
-mike