[U-Boot] Update and Cut down mach types

Paulraj, Sandeep s-paulraj at ti.com
Tue Apr 19 15:45:29 CEST 2011



> 
> Hello Sandeep, Wolfgang
> 
> Am 19.04.2011 14:42, schrieb Paulraj, Sandeep:
> > Wolfgang, Albert,
> >
> > Russell King sent some updates to the linux kernel for mach-types.
> >
> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-
> 2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6f82f4db80189281a8ac42f2e72396accb719b57
> >
> >  He also removed a lot of entries which never made it to mainline.
> >
> > I have a patch and it is the branch below
> >
> > http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot/u-boot-
> ti.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/update-mach-types
> >
> > Please review and if it is acceptable to everyone then we should
> > apply this patch to remain in sync with the mainline kernel.
> 
> This will break a least jadecpu.
> We don't use Linux on this board. When
> porting I was requested to reserve an MACH_ID just in case the board
> will ever be used with Linux. This has not been the case for this board.
> But I would like to have this board in the u-boot tree.

We are not removing this board from u-boot

> What will be the
> solution for ARM but non-Linux u-boot ports then? What should be passed
> to gd->bd->bi_arch_number?

I'll defer to Wolfgang and Albert on this issue.

There are new boards and hence mach types being added.
Russell sent a patch that both added new mach IDs and removed many others.


--Sandeep


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