[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] ARM:AM33XX: Add SPL support for AM335X EVM

[Aneesh V]

On Wednesday 21 December 2011 09:16 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Chandan Nath<chandan.nath at ti.com>  wrote:
>> This patch is added to support SPL feature on AM335X
>> platform. In this patch, MMC1 is configured as boot
>> device for SPL and support for other devices will be
>> added in the next patch series.
> [snip]
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
>> +u32 am33xx_boot_device = BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1;
>
> Please see the Overo SPL thread where Wolfgang mentions the right way
> to init this to 0 and have it be in the data section, followed by me
> saying I'd see if<linux/compiler.h>  had a shortcut.

But here looks like he doesn't intend to initialize it to 0?

>
>> +u32 omap_boot_mode(void)
>> +{
>
> Something I wanted to see, but hadn't had a chance to look into was if
> we could use the OMAP4/5 code for boot_mode as well, can you please
> check?
>

OMAP4/5 code parses ROM code structures (using a pointer passed by ROM
code). If those structures and their layout are exactly same in AM33XX,
it may work, otherwise it won't.

br,
Aneesh