[U-Boot] [PATCH] arm: imx: Switch Wandboard to use config_distro_bootcmd.h.

[XoD]

Ok, thank you for your response.

I waiting SPL for wandboard too.
I like to add Wandboard support in OpenELEC (and Lakka) with SPL (to not
have separate img for Wandboard dual and Wandboard quad.)

XoD

2015-05-19 22:42 GMT+02:00 Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant at debian.org>:

> On 2015-05-19, XoD wrote:
> > Any new of this ? it can be merged ?
>
> I think my submitted patch was a bit too invasive by removing most of
> the environment, and have reworked the patch to leave much of the
> environment:
>
>
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/u-boot.git/tree/debian/patches/wandboard/config_distro_bootcmd.patch?h=experimental-2015.04
>
> I haven't yet reworked it for resubmission, but I'd be happy to do so.
>
> I was hoping to see the wandboard SPL support added before reworking, as
> that will require a few minor changes to the config_distro_bootcmd patch
> as well:
>
>   https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/471092/
>
>
> > I have tested and successfully boot a fedora on a Wandboard Quad with
> this.
> >
> > The improvement of the console variable management can be done with an
> > other patch ?
>
> It would be nice if switching to config_distro_bootcmd.h was not
> dependent on sorting out the console variable switch... though I'd be
> fine with switching the default console to include the baudrate as well.
>
>
> > Thank you for working on this.
>
> Thanks for testing!
>
> live well,
>   vagrant
>
>
> > 2015-03-29 15:05 GMT+02:00 Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>:
> >
> >> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 02:15:38PM +0100, Karsten Merker wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 06:24:43PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > This allows for more flexible and standardized boot across multiple
> >> > > platforms. Remove most redundant legacy boot environment.
> >> > >
> >> > > Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>
> >> > > Signed-off-by: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant at debian.org>
> >> > > ---
> >> > >
> >> > >  include/configs/wandboard.h | 139
> >> ++++++--------------------------------------
> >> > >  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 122 deletions(-)
> >> > >
> >> > > diff --git a/include/configs/wandboard.h
> b/include/configs/wandboard.h
> >> > [...]
> >> > >  #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
> >> > > -   "script=boot.scr\0" \
> >> > > -   "image=zImage\0" \
> >> > >     "console=ttymxc0\0" \
> >> >
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > regarding the boot environment standardization there is still the
> >> > open topic of standardizing the console variable format for
> >> > serial consoles - most platforms include the console baudrate in
> >> > the console variable (e.g. "console=ttyS0,115200") while some
> >> > others, in particular the i.MX6 platforms, do not. This means
> >> > that distributions like Debian currently need to add special-case
> >> > handling for i.MX6-based platforms in their boot scripts which
> >> > goes against the idea of having one generic boot script for all
> >> > platforms that use config_distro_bootcmd.h.
> >> >
> >> > It would be nice if the i.MX6 platforms could - while adopting
> >> > config_distro_bootcmd.h and thereby changing their default
> >> > environment to a large extend - also change their console
> >> > variable from console=ttymxc0 to console=ttymxc0,115200.
> >>
> >> Yes please.  And Karsten can you do a patch that updates the README to
> >> note that as an expectation?  Thanks!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tom
>