[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: mvebu: dts: add Clearfog GT-8K

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Mon Oct 22 14:36:32 UTC 2018


On 22.10.18 16:30, Baruch Siach wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> Stefan Roese writes:
>> On 18.10.18 13:51, Baruch Siach wrote:
>>> From: Rabeeh Khoury <rabeeh at solid-run.com>
>>>
>>> The SolidRun Clearfog GT-8K is based on Armada 8040.
>>>
>>> https://wiki.solid-run.com/doku.php?id=products:a8040:clearfoggt8k
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Rabeeh Khoury <rabeeh at solid-run.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>
>>
>> Is a dts file enough for a functional U-Boot port? Don't you
>> need to reference it at least in some new defconfig file?
> 
> The defconfig is exactly the same as the Macchiatobin. So doing:
> 
>    make mvebu_mcbin-88f8040_defconfig
>    make DEVICE_TREE=armada-8040-clearfog-gt-8k
> 
> should do the trick. Do you think I should add another defconfig that
> only changes CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE?

 From my experience, users look for existing U-Boot ports in the
"configs" directory (in modern U-Boot). So yes, I think its clearer
and more obvious that this board is supported (and how it can be built)
by adding this new defconfig file.

Thanks,
Stefan


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