[U-Boot] [ANN] U-Boot v2017.09-rc4 released

[Paul Barker]

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 2:05 PM, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> It's release day and v2017.09-rc4 is out.  It's a week until release
> day.  Please let me know if you know of any regressions, thanks!
>
> --
> Tom

I looks like u-boot v2017.09-rc4 is still unable to boot Linux on
Raspberry Pi devices. I've just tested this now on a Raspberry Pi
(original Model B) and confirmed that it gets stuck at "Starting
kernel ...". This was also broken in v2017.07 but it's a regression
against v2017.05 where this was working. For reference see
https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2017-August/300857.html and
replies.

I don't think we have a root cause or a full solution yet, but
re-enabling CONFIG_OF_EMBED in all Raspberry Pi defconfigs should at
least give us a workaround for now that will allow Linux to boot. Is
this something we can get into the v2017.09 release at this stage? If
so I'm happy to send the patch and do the testing.

Cheers,

-- 
Paul Barker
Togán Labs Ltd