[U-Boot] [PATCH] mxs: mxsboot: Add support for SD card generation for i.MX23

[Otavio Salvador]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Otavio Salvador,
>
> Putting Stefano on Cc, why is he omitted?
>
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Otavio Salvador
>> >>
>> >> <otavio at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
>> >> > I prefer to have this as is and share documentation with mx28. The
>> >> > NAND ought to be done providing same interface so one doc for it all.
>> >> > I think change it in next version is wrong and confuse users.
>> >>
>> >> Ping?
>> >>
>> >> We won't be able to get rid of mxsboot for NAND use-case so I'd prefer
>> >> to have it for SD as well. For me it does not matter much as I use OE
>> >> and it automates it all; but for ordinary user it is important to it
>> >> to be consistent so all 'mxs' SoC would work same way from user point
>> >> of view.
>> >>
>> >> If we find a better way of doing things in future we can base on this
>> >> and improve it later but please let's get it in and move forward...
>> >
>> > Does my proposed patch not work for you? (the one which shifts the
>> > bootstream payload to block 4 in partition 1)
>>
>> I gave it a try today.
>>
>> And it works for mx23evk; I did not test it in mx28.
>>
>> So what is the plan? I did not check the NAND format yet to know if it
>> is the same between mx28 and mx23 but I do want the machines merged as
>> soon as possible so people can play with it and find bugs.
>
> The plan is to:
> 1) Figure out what's with MX23 -- did you place FSL supp. ticket already?

I contacted someone internal which is trying to find it out.

> 2) If 1) fails, try my patch on mx28 (since mx23 ignores it anyway and we can't
> figure out why?)

I'd prefer to go with 2 in meanwhile. Could you please prepare a patch for it?

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