[U-Boot] [PATCH] spl: make image arg or fdt blob address reconfigurable

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Mon Apr 10 12:29:19 UTC 2017


On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 03:38:13PM -0700, Vikas Manocha wrote:

> At present fdt blob or argument address being passed to kernel is fixed at
> compile time using macro CONFIG_SYS_SPL_ARGS_ADDR. FDT blob from
> different media like nand, nor flash are copied to the address pointed
> by the macro.
> The problem is, it makes args/fdt blob compulsory to copy which is not required
> in cases like for NOR Flash. This patch removes this limitation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vikas Manocha <vikas.manocha at st.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/lib/spl.c        | 7 +++----
>  arch/microblaze/cpu/spl.c | 6 +++---
>  arch/powerpc/lib/spl.c    | 8 ++++----
>  common/spl/spl.c          | 6 ++++--
>  common/spl/spl_nor.c      | 8 +-------
>  include/spl.h             | 5 ++---

I assume you've tested the spl_nor case afterwards, yes?  Did this
result in some measurable boot time decrease?  Thanks!

-- 
Tom
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