[U-Boot] [U-Boot-DM] List of offending drivers

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Fri Jul 27 03:37:32 CEST 2012


Dear Graeme Russ,

> Hi Marek,
> 
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > Dear Graeme Russ,
> > 
> >> Hi Marek,
> >> 
> >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> >> > Dear Graeme Russ,
> >> > 
> >> >> So neither of these files are 'drivers' per-se. They are really just
> >> >> initialisation and platform specific support functions. How do these
> >> >> fit into the new driver model?
> >> > 
> >> > You can supply a pointer to that function to some "pci" driver I guess
> >> > ... Pavel?
> >> 
> >> In which case you have a board/arch specific function to intialise the
> >> pointer :)
> > 
> > No, you have static platform data which contain the pointer.
> 
> Ah, of course
> 
> >> Hmm, or are we now looking at a variation of my INIT_FUNC
> >> architecture where this gets done at compile time?
> > 
> > I think you missed the point here
> 
> Yes, by --->|         |<--- that much :)
> 
> Oh, unless of course it has to be done dynamically due to a single U-Boot
> image supporting multiple board hardware configurations...

Which is not yet happening, let's take small steps, ok?

> Regards
> 
> Graeme

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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