[U-Boot] [PATCH 00/22] ARM: Allwinner sunXi (A10 & A13) SoC support

[Luka Perkov]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 05:02:57PM +0100, Henrik Nordström wrote:
> Thanks for your patch reviews. Will fix up your comments and submit a
> new batch of patches later tonight.

You might want to wait a few days... Somebody else might have comments.
 
> sön 2012-11-25 klockan 16:21 +0100 skrev Luka Perkov:
> 
> > I think you should add README file in doc directory. It should at least
> > contain information how to add support for new boards and point to the
> > tool used for generating images.
> 
> There have long been thougts about moving the SPL DRAM controller
> parameters to a boot header added by mksunxiboot instead of wiring them
> into the source.
> 
> Which tool for generating images? mksunxiboot? The SPL image is built
> automatically.

Ah ok, I missed that. So the generated SPL image just needs to be copied
on the card ? If yes please put that into README in doc directory.

> But yes, a README explaining how to install the SPL would help. We do
> have a bit of a such README but I see now that it's slightly misplaced
> as tools/mksunxiboot.README, should move do doc/README.sunxi and
> expanded a bit.

We should have a short tools/mksunxiboot.README too, so don't delete
that one.
 
> > Do you have any plans for adding support so the boards can boot from
> > SPI/NAND/NOR, anything else then MMC/SD ?
> 
> NAND is coming once we get the NAND controller under reasonable control.
> It's a little too smart controller to fit nicely in mtd, and not exactly
> well documented. Plus that many boards are using NAND chips not
> recognised by u-boot mtd code.

Ok. Booting from NAND is something I would like to have ;)
 
> Support for booting from MMC2 is also coming.
> 
> There is no known boards using SPI boot media so this probably will not
> get added in the near future.
> 
> NOR is not supported by the SoC other than in SPI package.

Ok. Thanks for the information.

Luka