[U-Boot] [PATCH v6 1/3] SPL: add support to boot from a partition type

[Alexander Graf]

> Am 10.02.2017 um 22:43 schrieb Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>:
> 
>> On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 12:20:02PM -0800, Dalon Westergreen wrote:
>> 
>> the socfpga bootrom supports mmc booting from either a raw image
>> starting at 0x0, or from a partition of type 0xa2.  This patch
>> adds support for locating the boot image in the first type 0xa2
>> partition found.
>> 
>> Assigned a partition number of -1 will cause a search for a
>> partition of type CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION_TYPE
>> and use it to find the u-boot image
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Dalon Westergreen <dwesterg at gmail.com>
> [snip]
>> +config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION_TYPE
>> +    hex "Partition Type on the MMC to load U-Boot from"
>> +    depends on SPL && SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_PARTITION_TYPE
>> +    default 0xa2
> 
> This default should depend on ARCH_SOCFPGA as well.

We discussed this in earlier review. IMHO 0xa2 is as good a default as 0x0 for non-socfpga targets.

Or asked differently: What default should we have for others? :)

Alex