[U-Boot] [PATCH] board: am335x/mux: Do not hang when encountering a bad EEPROM

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Fri Nov 11 17:05:36 CET 2016


On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 08:48:44PM -0800, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:

> In most cases, the SPL and u-boot.img will be on the same boot media.
> Since the SPL was loaded by the boot rom, the pinmux will already have
> been configured for this media. This, the board will still be able to
> boot successfully, or at least reach the u-boot console, where more
> recovery options are available.
> 
> I've encountered this on a beaglebone black with a corrupted EEPROM.
> Removing this check allowed the board to boot successfully. I've also
> seen this on EVM-based boards with an unprogrammed EEPROM. On those
> boards, for some reason there were no UART messages. This made it look
> as if the SOC was dead.
> 
> Remove the hang(), as it is not a fatal error. Also reformat the error
> message to be clearer as to the cause. The original message made it
> appear as if the wrong binary was being loaded.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>

-- 
Tom
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