[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3] mx6qsabrelite: Change default environment to cope with OE changes

Eric Nelson eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com
Thu Sep 20 01:40:17 CEST 2012


On 09/19/2012 11:22 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Robert Nelson<robertcnelson at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Otavio Salvador
>> <otavio at ossystems.com.br>  wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Robert Nelson<robertcnelson at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Otavio Salvador
>>>> <otavio at ossystems.com.br>  wrote:
>>>>> OpenEmbedded has change partitioning layout of generated image so it
>>>>> does not raise warnings during the boot regarding unkown partition
>>>>> being used for U-Boot.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador<otavio at ossystems.com.br>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>   include/configs/mx6qsabrelite.h |    8 +++-----
>>>>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/include/configs/mx6qsabrelite.h b/include/configs/mx6qsabrelite.h
>>>>> index 72d0154..0d5fd40 100644
>>>>> --- a/include/configs/mx6qsabrelite.h
>>>>> +++ b/include/configs/mx6qsabrelite.h
>>>>> @@ -141,12 +141,10 @@
>>>>>   #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
>>>>>          "script=boot.scr\0" \
>>>>>          "uimage=uImage\0" \
>>>>> -       "console=ttymxc1\0" \
>>>>> -       "fdt_high=0xffffffff\0"   \
>>>>> -       "initrd_high=0xffffffff\0" \
>>>>
>>>> Your going to need fdt_high/initrd_high for when using linux device tree's...
>>>
>>> I am not against keeping it but it is not used right now.
>>
>> It may not be used in openembedded, but device tree is the only option
>> for a pure mainline kernel for this board, so it's needed. ;)
>
> No problem, I can rebase and remove this change.
>

Hi Otavio,

It seems that this path of trying to configure the "right" set of default 
options seems like a bit of a goose chase.

Isn't using 'mkenvimage' in OE a better route? That way, the environment can
change with the userspace decision.

Regards,


Eric


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