[U-Boot] pull request: raspberry pi updates

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Wed Jun 12 20:08:51 UTC 2019


On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:07:31PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 6/12/19 9:56 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> >On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 03:48:06PM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote:
> >>Hi Matthias,
> >>
> >>Have these been out on the list for general review? I don't remember
> >>seeing them.
> >>
> >>On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 1:57 PM Matthias Brugger <mbrugger at suse.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Hi Tom,
> >>>
> >>>Please have a look on the following patches.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>Matthias
> >>>
> >>>---
> >>>The following changes since commit fc6c0e29a28f6b71dfb728b7f78e9e770f2cd218:
> >>>
> >>>   Prepare v2019.07-rc4 (2019-06-10 21:27:46 -0400)
> >>>
> >>>are available in the Git repository at:
> >>>
> >>>   https://github.com/mbgg/u-boot.git tags/rpi-next-2019.07
> >>>
> >>>for you to fetch changes up to 38e58ff2b785b45e8c8ade8e23f916a1984016c6:
> >>>
> >>>   ARM: bcm283x: Fix definition of MBOX_TAG_TEST_PIXEL_ORDER (2019-06-12 12:23:46
> >>>+0200)
> >>>
> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>- fix complation error for CONFIG_USB
> >>>- update RPi3 DTBs to v5.1-rc6 state
> >>>- add defconfig for RPi3 B+
> >>
> >>Why do we need a separate config when it's detected and works
> >>perfectly well with the standard rpi_3 and rpi_3_32b configs?
> >
> >Good question.  It came from Heinrich, so Heinrich?
> 
> If we call the bootefi command without a OS supplied device tree the
> U-Boot device tree is passed to the operating system.
> 
> So we need a device tree which is a complete description of the
> respective system.
> 
> On the Linaro boot-architecture list there has been a lengthy discussion
> with Linaro people thinking that it is the responsibility of the
> hardware and firmware to provide the correct device tree and not of the OS.

OK, but on Pi aren't we passed, and pass along, the dtb from the
previous stage?

-- 
Tom
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