[U-Boot] [PATCH v8] kirkwood: add NAS62x0 board support
Marek Vasut
marex at denx.de
Sat Jun 2 10:31:46 CEST 2012
Dear Luka Perkov,
> Hi Michael,
>
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 11:03:16PM +0200, Michael Walle wrote:
> > > +/*
> > > + * Machine type
> > > + */
> > > +#define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE MACH_TYPE_NAS6210
> >
> > btw i guess this will break in about half a year. because:
> > - uboot follows mach-types.h from the kernel
> > - the kernel will only keep mach-types for boards which are supported by
> > the
> >
> > kernel AND using the old-style machine init, that is no boards with no
> > device tree support for booting.
> >
> > - no old style machine setups are accepted for kirkwood platforms
> > anymore.
> >
> > that means at some point of time in the future MACH_TYPE_NAS6210 wont be
> > defined anymore ;)
> >
> > just wanted to letting you know.
>
> I'm aware of that :)
>
> This board is already accepted upstream, for more info look here:
>
> commit f6a26ae7699416d86bea8cb68ce413571e9cab3c
> Merge: cdd3a35 48a5765
> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Tue May 22 13:32:53 2012 -0700
>
> Once 3.5 is out we'll patch uboot. Simon is the one that pushed support
> for this board upstream using device tree. Thanks Simon.
Why would you wait for 3.5 ? You can use -next .
> Luka
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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