[U-Boot] [Question] bardrate both in gd_t and bd_t

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon,

In message <CAPnjgZ2PrHue3hTW__MaYBRMA3OFZ3p1k9D49rZatur9G5x--g at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> The duplication existed before generic board (i.e. each arch had its own
> baudrate in global_data). I believe the reason for it being in bd_t is that
> it can be passed to the kernel in that structure on some archs. So removing
> it there may break some boards.

Correct. In some (really old) kernel versions this was the way to pass
this information to the kernel, so we neede dit there.

> I suspect the reason it is in global_data is that the bd_t  structure
> doesn't exist until some time after the console is started up, so it
> wouldn't be possible to do serial output otherwise.

Also correct.

Thanks!

Wolfgang Denk

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