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

[Marek Vasut]

Dear 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.

Please fill a support ticket.

> > 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?

Fabio, can you test on mx28 please?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut