[U-Boot] [NEXT PATCH v1 5/7] SPL: Added MLO for mx35 SOC to SPL Makefile

Tom Rini trini at ti.com
Thu Sep 6 22:48:49 CEST 2012


On 09/06/2012 12:59 PM, Stefano Babic wrote:
> On 06/09/2012 19:49, Tom Rini wrote:
>> On 09/06/2012 01:04 AM, Stefano Babic wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de>
>>> ---
>>>  spl/Makefile |    6 ++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/spl/Makefile b/spl/Makefile
>>> index f96c08e..77fc405 100644
>>> --- a/spl/Makefile
>>> +++ b/spl/Makefile
>>> @@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ $(OBJTREE)/MLO:	$(obj)u-boot-spl.bin
>>>  		-a $(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE) -d $< $@
>>>  endif
>>>  
>>> +ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
>>> +$(OBJTREE)/MLO:	$(obj)u-boot-spl.bin
>>> +	$(OBJTREE)/tools/mkimage -n  $(SRCTREE)/$(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG) -T imximage \
>>> +		-e $(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE) -d $< $@
>>> +endif
>>> +
>>>  ALL-y	+= $(obj)u-boot-spl.bin
>>>  
>>>  ifdef CONFIG_SAMSUNG
>>
>> Is that really the name you want?  MLO comes from some part or another
>> (I've read it, just can't recall off-hand) of the IT ROM docs saying it
>> will read a file named MLO.
> 
> I know...
> 
>>  Is mx35 in the same boat?
>>  Or just looking
>> for a common name?  
> 
> Right. It makes no sense that the binary for Freescale's SOCs has a
> name, for TI another one, for...we can generates less confusion if we
> uses the same name.

Agreed.  I guess what I'm asking is, in the TI case the ROM reads FAT
and must find 'MLO'.  Does mx35 do the same or is the post-build step
"dd if=MLO of=/dev/... ..." and the filename doesn't matter?  I'm fine
with the change now, just looking for the full details.  Thanks!

-- 
Tom


More information about the U-Boot mailing list