[U-Boot] [PATCH] mx6sabresd: Fix the fdt file for the mx6dl version

Fabio Estevam festevam at gmail.com
Thu Sep 19 13:57:16 CEST 2013


Hi Eric,

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Eric Nelson
<eric.nelson at boundarydevices.com> wrote:

> As you know, we're loading the kernel using a boot script,
> with various flavors for differing locations and environments,
> so we've found it easier to pass environment variables for
> board and CPU type to the boot script.
>
> https://github.com/boundarydevices/u-boot-imx6/commit/4a4fc304e4fe63cde7b3201f0daab5b1856870e4
>
> This allows the boot script to produce the DTB name as shown
> here:
>
> https://github.com/boundarydevices/u-boot-imx6/blob/staging/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/6x_bootscript.txt#L72
>
> If/when you move to a single binary for DQ/DL, you won't have
> a separate choice as shown above.
>
> Let me know your thoughts on this.

Yes, it looks interesting for dealing with the single binary goal we
want to achieve.

> We didn't generate a proper patch for lack of time, but I
> think that the small addition of code has merit. We also
> may want to discuss the specifics in more detail.

When you have a chance please submit a patch.

At least for the upcoming 2013.10, it would be nice to have my
original patch of this thread applied for sabresd though.

Regards,

Fabio Estevam


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