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

[Eric Nelson]

Hi Dirk,

On 03/27/2013 12:47 PM, Dirk Behme wrote:
> 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?
>

It wasn't a complaint from me, but I can assure you that the
offending bit of code that I found (in imx-lib) won't function
against a main-line kernel without some serious re-work.

Regards,


Eric