[U-Boot] Building u-boot.imx and SPL simultaneously

[Stefano Babic]

Hi Peng,

On 18/09/2016 08:50, Peng Fan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 04:40:47PM -0700, Eric Nelson wrote:
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> On 09/06/2016 07:15 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 07:00:56AM -0700, Eric Nelson wrote:
>>>> On 09/06/2016 06:40 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 10:53:58PM +0200, Petr Kulhavy wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Would it be possible to implement having the next stage also be sent via
>>>>> imx_usb_loader?  ie there's examples today of doing u-boot.imx + kernel
>>>>> + initrd via imx_usb_loader, so what would be needed for SPL +
>>>>> u-boot.img (+ kenrel + initrd) via imx_usb_loader?  Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SPL+u-boot.img could be bundled into a single image through the
>>>> use of plugins which would require:
>>>>
>>>> - updates to mkimage to support plugins, and
>>>> - Makefile updates to produce a third output (u-boot.imx?), and
>>>> - an update to SPL startup on i.MX to check for the plugin flag
>>>> and return to the boot ROM after startup (instead of loading
>>>> U-Boot) if set.
>>>>
>>
>> It appears that the mkimage support is present in a patch against v2015.04:
>>
>> http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/imx/uboot-imx.git/commit/tools/mkimage.c?h=imx_v2015.04_4.1.15_1.0.0_ga&id=3d9e1681
>>
>> Peng, can you up-stream this?
> Hi Stefano,
> 
> I would like see your points on this. I tried to uptream plugin before, but rejected,
> Since more people would like to see this in, do you agree to let plugin supported
> in mainline?
> 

Yes - I see a general agreement to get in mainline, and thanks for the
effort to push it.

Best regards,
Stefano

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