[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] mx6: Fix get_board_rev() for the mx6 solo case

Dirk Behme dirk.behme at gmail.com
Wed Mar 27 20:47:44 CET 2013


Am 27.03.2013 20:36, schrieb Fabio Estevam:
> Hi Dirk,
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Dirk Behme <dirk.behme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is much better than changing Troy's get_cpu_rev(). Thanks :)
>
> I am glad you like it :-)
>
>>
>> But what's about to add this code to
>>
>> http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/imx/linux-2.6-imx.git/tree/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c?h=imx_3.0.35_1.1.0#n655
>
> Because I cannot post a patch in the U-boot list to fix an internal
> FSL kernel :-)
>
> I can certainly suggest this (and yes, I fully agree that the kernel
> should handle the CPU detection without relying at the bootloader at
> all), but from a U-boot perspective we cannot really know which kernel
> version the user will deploy.
>
> If we want mainline U-boot to work with this particular kernel version
> on mx6 solo, then we need to adjust ATAGS as proposed by my patch.

Ok, sounds reasonable, agreed.

Even if someone might complain that this is off-topic here, again ( ;) 
): Do you like to check if the recent _mainline_ kernel wants 
something similar?

Best regards

Dirk



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