[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] mx6sabresd: Add README file

Fabio Estevam festevam at gmail.com
Wed Oct 12 00:41:55 CEST 2016


On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Otavio Salvador
<otavio.salvador at ossystems.com.br> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Diego Dorta <diego.dorta at nxp.com> wrote:
>> Add a README to explain the steps for booting mx6sabresd in different ways:
>>     1. Booting via Normal U-Boot (u-boot.imx)
>>     2. Booting via SPL (SPL and u-boot.img)
>>     3. Booting via Falcon mode (SPL launches the kernel directly)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Diego Dorta <diego.dorta at nxp.com>
>
> It is not clear if the SPL supports the QDL automatically or not. Also

The README mentions that only mx6qsabresd and mx6qpsabresd are supported.

> the Falcon mode uses network boot, why not documenting how to use it
> from uSD?

Network U-Boot?

The README shows how to retrieve the SPL and u-boot.img via DHCP.

There are many others possibilities such as retrieving them from SATA,
USB stick, SPI NOR, etc.

Retrieving from DHCP is just an example.


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