[U-Boot] [PATCH V2 00/32] i.MX: Add i.MX8QXP support

[Peng Fan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Troy Kisky [mailto:troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com]
> Sent: 2018年7月28日 1:58
> To: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>; sbabic at denx.de; Fabio Estevam
> <fabio.estevam at nxp.com>; Anatolij Gustschin <agust at denx.de>
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; dl-linux-imx <linux-imx at nxp.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 00/32] i.MX: Add i.MX8QXP support
> 
> On 7/27/2018 12:54 AM, Peng Fan wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I plan to send out V3 early next week. QXP BETA2 has been external released,
> so there will be update in README including link to scfw images.
> > Paste the link here first:
> https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.n
> xp.com%2Flgfiles%2FNMG%2FMAD%2FYOCTO%2Fimx-sc-firmware-0.7.bin&am
> p;data=02%7C01%7Cpeng.fan%40nxp.com%7C52c05286470740a94b8108d5f3
> ea8460%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C0%7C63668311092
> 8936620&sdata=F%2B5oZqolFv22cWbgAS2CZu4YL4iS%2FhtpKt4MT8DJsQ
> U%3D&reserved=0, use mx8qx-mek-scfw-tcm.bin for b0 chip.
> >
> > Troy, Fabio, Stefano,
> >
> > I would like to still keep CONFIG_IMX8, not CONFIG_MX8. Do you have
> concerns?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Peng.
> >
> 
> I like consistency, but I would not mind changing CONFIG_MX* to CONFIG_IMX*
> as well.

i.MX6/7 could be the next to be converted.

> Would it be possibly to change CONFIG_ARCH_MX* to CONFIG_IMX* as well ?
> I never know which to use when.

There is no difference now I think.

In Linux side there is CONFIG_ARCH_MXC for i.mx6/7/5.
In u-boot, each SOC family has its own CONFIG_ARCH_MX*.

That could be cleaned up to use CONFIG_IMX* I think.

Thanks,
Peng.

> 
> Linux mainline seems to use
> CONFIG_SOC_IMX6=y
> CONFIG_SOC_IMX6Q=y
> CONFIG_SOC_IMX6SL=y
> CONFIG_SOC_IMX6SLL=y
> CONFIG_SOC_IMX6SX=y
> CONFIG_SOC_IMX6UL=y
> 
> so maybe changing to that format has merit.
> 
> 
> But I'll be happy with whatever is decided, as long as the reasons are on record.
> 
> Troy