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

[Simon Glass]

Hi York,

On 25 April 2014 16:29, York Sun <yorksun at freescale.com> wrote:
> On 03/22/2014 04:14 PM, 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>
>> ---
>>
> Simon,
>
> How much test has been done on powerpc boards? I randomly pick one MPC8536DS and
> it doesn't work. I have spent hours to track the difference and I am still
> struggling. I understand the first one could be more work, but if you have done
> any, especially 85xx family, please let me know.

I don't have any of those boards. I believe Wolfgang tested three of
them some time ago.

See my other message - board_init_f() doesn't zero the global_data
structure. It needs to be zeroed so make sure it is done elsewhere.
Originally the code uses the cache which may have been zeroed, but now
global_data is on the stack (still cache but maybe a different part?).
Sorry I don't understand PowerPC very well, so I'm not sure of the
pre-conditions.

Also, can you please be more specific about the failure?

Regards,
Simon