[U-Boot] ARM: Update mach-types
Eric Nelson
eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com
Tue Feb 28 14:36:08 CET 2012
On 02/28/2012 02:28 AM, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Dirk Behme<dirk.behme at de.bosch.com> wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity: Why do you need that?
>>
>> It was my understanding that with recent U-Boot and Kernel on SabreLite
>> DeviceTree is the way to go? And this doesn't need the mach-types any more?
>
> Maybe Troy wants to also allow U-boot to load a non-DT kernel, such as
> the one provided by Freescale?
>
That's exactly right. With the addition of a couple of small things:
- machid
- revision tag (used by Freescale's kernel)
we can start shipping main-line U-Boot with Sabre Lite.
This seems like a worthwhile step, especially for those of us switching
between kernels.
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