[U-Boot] CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE not working with NAND env

[Nick Thompson]

On 05/04/11 18:46, Scott Wood wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:07:13 +0100
> Nick Thompson <nick.thompson at ge.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/04/11 16:52, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> 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
>> Yes, that's what I intend to do, I think, though I'd have liked it to be
>> configurable at run time.
> Try enabling CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST to have the environment be loaded by the
> SPL along with the main U-Boot image.  You didn't say what board/chip
> you're using, so if you're using something other than the common
> nand_boot.c you may need to add support for this (it's just a couple
> lines), and silence any output from the SPL itself.
>
> -Scott
>
Thanks Scott,

That's interesting. I'm using a TI board (da830evm). Unfortunately it has its
own UBL, so I don't have the SPL to configure that way.

That might be a good reason to consider dropping the UBL though. I believe
TI are moving to U-Boot SPL themselves.

I'll add it to my TODO list.

Thanks,
Nick.