[U-Boot] [PATCH] i.mx: i.mx6q: add the initial support for i.mx6q Sabre Lite board

[Stefano Babic]

On 05/12/2011 14:26, Dirk Behme wrote:
> On 05.12.2011 14:23, Fabio Estevam wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Jason Liu <jason.hui at linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>>> +IMAGE_VERSION 2
>>> +
>>> +# Boot Device : one of
>>> +# spi, sd (the board has no nand neither onenand)
>>> +
>>> +BOOT_FROM      sd
>>
>> This board does not boot from sd, only from SPI NOR.
>>
>> Could you please let me know how it was tested?
> 

Hi Dirk,

> There is a 'workaround/patch' available from Freescale which switches
> the board to SD boot. It's a small program written to the SPI NOR
> replacing the U-Boot in SPI NOR, which then itself jumps back to the SD
> boot routines. From user point of view the boards boots from SD then.

But if I really understand, the board boots always from SPI NOR, in
other words the SPI NOR cannot be empty, as it can be if the board boots
drirectly from SD.

> With a small, invisible indirection via the SPI NOR.

Then we need a document / README, as remarked by Fabio, to describe this
process.

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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