[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/2] Factorize ARM startup code as mush as possible.

[Sughosh Ganu]

hi Albert,
On Tue Nov 13, 2012 at 08:55:23PM +0100, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:

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> > > > I tried the 1st patch of the series, and with that u-boot does not
> > > > come up on the board. It is also printing out some random values for
> > > > the dram and nand sizes.
> > > >
> > > > The patch was applied on top of commit 1cc619be8b7. Also, with the
> > > > mentioned commit, u-boot boots up fine on the board. Also to be noted
> > > > is that the spl image compiled with these changes is booting up fine,
> > > > loading the main u-boot image, and jumping to it -- the issue is with
> > > > booting the main u-boot image.
> > >
> > > Thanks Sughosh. Can you build an U-Boot with the following defined
> > > in the hawkboard.h config file?
> > >
> > > #define DEBUG
> > > #if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && ! defined (__ASSEMBLY__)
> > > static inline int printf(const char *fmt, ...)
> > > {
> > >         return 0;
> > > }
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > Note: only the #define DEBUG matter to me, but with it alone, SPL build
> > > fails due to some code now requiring printf(). This is why I add a
> > > dummy printf definition for C code during SPL build -- ASM code does not
> > > need printf() and actually chokes on the definition, hence the
> > > condition on __ASSEMBLY__.
> > >
> > > This debug U-Boot should print a lot more info. Can you please try it
> > > and copy/paste its output here? Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > 
> > Unfortunately i am currently on vacation, with no access to the board, and
> > would be able to try out your suggested changes only after   i am back, by
> > the end of next week. In the meantime, i am also trying to get myself a
> > jtag debugger -- it is quite frustrating to provide half baked information.
> > 
> Thanks for the feedback. Meanwhile, I have found two ugly bugs which
> would certainly affect execution past board_init_f(), so maybe your
> hawkboard was bitten by theses; next time please try v3, which fixes
> these bugs, or the latest patch version if v3 is obsolete by the time
> you come back.

I tested the v4 of your patches on hawkboard, and now the board boots
up fine. Sorry, i took a little longer than i had expected to be back,
so this got a bit delayed.

-sughosh