[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] ARM: imx: cm_fx6: export board and soc info to env

Stefano Babic sbabic at denx.de
Fri Jan 12 12:46:50 UTC 2018


On 09/01/2018 22:51, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> Hi Christopher,
> 
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 7:01 PM,  <christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>> From: Christopher Spinrath <christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de>
>>
>> Like many other i.MX6 based boards, there are multiple variants of
>> the cm-fx6 module featuring different SoC variants. Furthermore, the
>> module can be paired with multiple baseboards.
>>
>> At the same time modern distribution like Fedora require U-Boot to
>> select a proper devicetree which depends on the SoC variant and the
>> baseboard.
>>
>> Thus, export the SoC variant and the actual board to the environment
>> following the conventions of other i.MX6 devices (e.g. the NXP boards)
>> such that the environment can select a devicetree file to load.
>>
>> For now, we only know for sure that the cm-fx6 module and the SB-fx6m
>> baseboard amount to a Utilite Computer variant (depending on the SoC).
>> Further combinations may be added in the future; e.g. CompuLab's
>> evaluation board once someone can verify the identification string
>> stored in its eeprom.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christopher Spinrath <christopher.spinrath at rwth-aachen.de>
> 
> Patches look good.

Agree.

Reviewed-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de>

> 
> Maybe you could combine both into a single one?
> 

Both have a good explanation uin the commit message. I will merge them
as they are.

Best regards,
Stefano


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