[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/2] spl: Add spl_early_init()

[Marek Vasut]

On 03/16/2017 11:21 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Marek,
> 
> On 16 March 2017 at 16:17, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
>> On 03/15/2017 01:06 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
>>> From: Eddie Cai <eddie.cai.linux at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> At present malloc_base/_limit/_ptr are not initialised in spl_init() when
>>> we call spl_init() in board_init_f().
>>
>> Are you even supposed to call spl_init() from board_init_f() ?
>> I was under the impression that's supposed to be called by
>> board_init_r() only.
>>
> 
> If you need to use DM then yes you must call it.

SoCFPGA uses DM and doesn't call it until board_init_r() . I think
there's some significant confusion about how this whole malloc stuff
should work.

> At present with SPL
> it is not normally available until board_init_r(). At some point we
> will have all the boards consistent and we might be able to change
> this by default.
> 
> [..]
> 
> Regards,
> Simon
> 


-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut