[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/2] ORIGEN: Add MMC SPL support
Chander Kashyap
chander.kashyap at linaro.org
Mon Aug 1 13:52:47 CEST 2011
Dear Wolfgang Denk,
On 1 August 2011 15:39, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Chander Kashyap,
>
> In message <CANuQgHGGaB3fWEFCXfgd97QxOfnizxLYvO8ke-v=
> 5PzHyTN-Jg at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> >
> [200+ lines of unrelated quote deleted.]
>
> > > > +void copy_uboot_to_ram(void)
> > > > +{
> > > > + copy_sd_mmc_to_mem copy_bl2 = (copy_sd_mmc_to_mem)*(u32
> *)(0x02020030);
> > > > + copy_bl2(BL2_START_OFFSET,\
> > > > + BL2_SIZE_BLOC_COUNT, (u32 *)CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE);
> > > > +}
> > >
> > > Curious to know, what the 0x02020030 hardcoding number means here?
> > > It is a pointer to a API or hardware register, or anything else, how
> > > this simple function perform the
> > > data transfer from mmc to ram?
> > >
> > > 0x02020030 is iROM address, which contains pointer to API (copy from
> mmc
> > from DDR) in iROM.
>
> Well, as you can see yourself here, an external reviewer has no
> chance to reand and understand this code. As mentioned before, this
> needs serious rework.
>
Yes I am reworking on it. I make it more readable. But still i need to use
the inbuilt function to copy u-boot from mmc to ddr.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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with warm regards,
Chander Kashyap
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