[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] config: Add FreeBSD kconfig options
Tom Rini
trini at konsulko.com
Thu Nov 17 17:27:02 CET 2016
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 03:12:02PM +0100, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:07:34 -0500
> Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 09:34:27AM +0100, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> >
> > > This series of patches add the needed bits for booting the FreeBSD
> > > loader.
> > > FreeBSD loader needs the U-Boot API and dache disabled for it to run so
> > > add kconfig options for them.
> > > Also add some some boot command that locate and run the FreeBSD loader
> > > if found.
> > >
> > > Emmanuel Vadot (4):
> > > kconfig: Add API kconfig file
> > > kconfig: arm: Add SYS_DCACHE_OFF option
> > > kconfig: Add a FREEBSD option
> > > distro_bootcmd: Add command to run FreeBSD
> > >
> > > Kconfig | 2 ++
> > > api/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
> > > arch/arm/Kconfig | 6 ++++++
> > > common/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
> > > include/config_distro_bootcmd.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > This is a good first start. But I think there's a few things that need
> > tweaking. First, we don't want to globally turn off dcache, but it does
> > need to be migrated to Kconfig (so we know if it's enabled or not).
> > Second, we should instead use CMD_CACHE and the 'dcache' command to
> > disable dcache prior to running the FreeBSD loader. Then we make sure
> > that the generic distro feature has CMD_CACHE if !SYS_DCACHE_OFF (and
> > !SYS_ICACHE_OFF). Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Tom
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> I will make the modification, should I sent the patch for
> migration of SYS_DCACHE_OFF to Kconfig as a separate patch ?
I'll grab (and re-run the moveconfig.py part) for the first two parts of
your series.
--
Tom
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