[PATCH] imx8mq_evk: Update the required ATF branch

Schrempf Frieder frieder.schrempf at kontron.de
Wed Dec 11 15:13:58 CET 2019


On 11.12.19 15:05, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> Hi Peng,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 11:00 AM Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com> wrote:
> 
>> We might need to switch upstream ATF, or stick to NXP vendor release one?
> 
> I don't have much background about the ATF upstream status on i.MX8 to
> provide an opinion.
> 
> Does upstream ATF allow booting a U-Boot and mainline kernel?
> 
> This patch is the minimum change needed for booting mainline U-Boot.
> If someone thinks that ATF upstream is a good choice, then feel free
> to send a patch updating the README.

Just for the record: I am using upstream ATF for my custom i.MX8MM board 
with mainline U-Boot and it just works fine. I didn't run into any 
issues so far and I'm still on ATF revision 3441952f61a6 and haven't 
updated for quite a while.

> 
>> The version should already be in yocto release. I just use the new one when I
>> upstream code.
> 
> Please keep in mind that not everyone uses Yocto.
> 
> How do we know what is the correct firmware version we need to use?
> 


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