[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] board: tbs2910: Remove FIT support in defconfig to reduce u-boot size

[Stefano Babic]

Hi Soeren,

On 08/01/19 12:03, Soeren Moch wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
> 
> On 08.01.19 11:24, Stefano Babic wrote:
>> Hi Soeren,
>>
>> On 08/01/19 11:14, Soeren Moch wrote:
>>> Stefano,
>>>
>>> can you apply this for v2019.01? This is really a important fix to avoid
>>>  environment and u-boot binary overwriting each other.
>>> It is also a small local fix which cannot hurt anybody else.
>> I will apply and I send a new PR. This is not the first fix in this
>> direction, u-boot becomes pretty large, it is becoming a common problem.
>>
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Yes, "in the good old days (tm)" there was much effort put into not
> increasing the binary size for existing boards when adding new features.

Right, fully agree.

> Unfortunately this is not true anymore.

I get in the same trouble with more as one project. A previous rule of
thumb was to reserve 512KB to the bootloader because it was pretty
unthinkable that bootloader could be larger. Mhmmhh....this remember me
someone else who said that 640Kb is enough for everything.

Anyway, as you noted, this is a big problem in field and it makes
difficult an upgrade without returning back the device to factory, what
nobody wants.

> And all the shiny new driver model / OF features only bring
> disadvantages for maintainers and users of existing boards.
> 
> I totally understand the desire to convert the driver code to "something
> better", which is easier to maintain long-term. But apparently new code
> is only tested on a single platform, while constantly breaking support
> for others without notice. But 'm complaining to the wrong person...

Yes, I am not the right person ;-)

I picked up your patches, I will run build tests and if everything is
fine I will sent PR for 2019.01.

Best regards,
Stefano

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