[U-Boot] Start the deprecation process for generic board

[Lukasz Majewski]

Hi Simon,

> Hi Lukasz,
> 
> On 4 April 2014 04:09, Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski at samsung.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Marek,
> >
> > > On Thursday, April 03, 2014 at 09:01:30 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 11:35:10AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > > > Hi Marek,
> > > > >
> > > > > On 3 April 2014 11:03, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > > > > > On Friday, March 28, 2014 at 10:16:42 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 05:14:51PM -0600, Simon Glass
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > We should move forward to remove the old board init
> > > > > > > > code. Add a prominent message to encourage maintainers
> > > > > > > > to get started on this work.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's now -rc3 , MW is long closed and my board start
> > > > > > generating a warning. Even
> > > > > > worse, all boards now generate this warning and I'm worried
> > > > > > that this will cause
> > > > > > the more attentive maintainers to take action and produce
> > > > > > fast fixes which won't
> > > > > > receive sufficient testing until release is out.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I seriously disagree with applying the patch for current
> > > > > > release.
> > > > >
> > > > > Despite the fact that it has been ~1 year and not a lot of
> > > > > people have taken action, I didn't actually expect it to go
> > > > > in right away, and I'm fine with a revert for this release if
> > > > > that's what Tom decides. But let's get it moving ASAP.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also let me know if there are any questions about how to
> > > > > test. I wrote up a README in the patch, but am happy to
> > > > > expand it as things come up.
> > > >
> > > > So, Marek and I were discussing this on IRC as well.  Given
> > > > about a year and nothing converted (except for new things) I
> > > > opted for the noisier approach.  It really is a simple switch
> >
> > Unfortunately, it isn't a simple switch in my case.
> >
> > The
> > +#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD on the trats2 (and probably also
> > trats) board causes problem with power management initialization. I
> > will not be able to fix this and validate before v2014.04.
> >
> > This issue will be fixed after the release.
> >
> 
> FWIW this works OK on exynos5 which has used generic board for a
> while. I'm not sure what the problem is - I don't see a change in the
> ordering of the call to power_init().

I've observed strange behaviour when battery was removed. I need time
to investigate it.

Frankly, I plan to look closer on the power system after the release of
v2014.04.

> 
> Regards,
> Simon
> 


-- 
Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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