[U-Boot] [PATCH 10/16] configs: Get rid of SPI_FLASH_BAR

[Simon Goldschmidt]

Am Mi., 12. Dez. 2018, 21:42 hat Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com>
geschrieben:

> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:15 PM Vignesh R <vigneshr at ti.com> wrote:
> >
> > Now that we have new SPI NOR framework in place that supports 4 byte
> > addressing mode by default, get rid of CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_BAR
>
> I already mentioned in previous mail, BAR is not exact replacement for
> 4-byte. Some controllers do handle > 16MB flashes even-though
> controller support 3-byte addressing. we have these board since from
> 2014.
>
> Better to make changes in accordance with that.


While BAR is one possibility to address > 16 MiB, I think it's about the
worst solution. So it's ok for boards that support no other methods, but
how do we ensure it's only used for those and not the default?

Regards,
Simon