[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] mx6: synchronize SPL to u-boot offset

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Mon Oct 17 14:45:07 CEST 2016


On 10/17/2016 02:28 PM, Max Krummenacher wrote:
> Hi Marek
> 
>>>>>  #if defined(CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT)
>>>>>  #define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR    138 /*
>>>>> offset 69KB */
>>>>> +#define CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO                  0x11000 /* offset
>>>>> 68KB */
>>>>
>>>> Does this mess up boards which can boot from both SD and other boot
>>>> media (NAND, SPI NOR, PNOR...) ?
>>>
>>> Good point.
>>> CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO is used to create the combined SPL/U-Boot binary.
>>> While I have not found any use of this by any config which includes
>>> imx6_spl.h it might hinder future boards.
>>> So it's probably best to define CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO in the individual
>>> board configs and skip this patch.
>>
>> So how did you come up with this patch ? What was the thought process?
>>
> I'm preparing patches for submission of new boards, Colibri iMX6, Apalis iMX6.
> They rely on this patchset
> https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg227944.html, so
> the board patches are not yet ready for submission.

OT: Can you make those boards load u-boot.img from extfs partition instead ?

> I forward ported from a downstream 2015.04 U-Boot where 'make
> u-boot-with-spl.imx' used an offset of 68KB between SPL and U-Boot
> binary matching the SPL code which later loads U-Boot.
> With the current master it used an offset of 64KB resulting in an SPL
> not loading U-Boot.
> Probably the 4KB stem from now counting SPL_PAD_TO from the start of
> the IVT/DCD region and earlier counting from the start of SPL.

I see, thanks for clarifying.

> Max
> 


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Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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