[U-Boot] [PATCH] configs: icorem6: Use imx6 cratch register for bootcount

[Shyam Saini]

Hi Stefano,

Thanks a lot for reviewing this

> nitpick: cratch ==> scratch
>
> On 21/03/19 09:35, Jagan Teki wrote:
> > SRAM address used for bootcount on exiting code is erasing
> > previous count value when system reset from Linux. So use
> > the dedicated imx6 scratch register, GPR2 to preserve the
> > contents even if the system reset from Linux.
> >
> > Fixes: 4eb9aa39350e ("configs: imx6qdl_icore_mmc: Enable watchdog and bootcounter")
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael at amarulasolutions.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com>
> > ---
> >  configs/imx6qdl_icore_mmc_defconfig | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/configs/imx6qdl_icore_mmc_defconfig b/configs/imx6qdl_icore_mmc_defconfig
> > index 68ad1c6d20..24e99718e6 100644
> > --- a/configs/imx6qdl_icore_mmc_defconfig
> > +++ b/configs/imx6qdl_icore_mmc_defconfig
> > @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CONFIG_CMD_BOOTCOUNT=y
> >  CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT=y
> >  CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_BOOTLIMIT=3
> >  CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_SINGLEWORD=y
> > -CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR=0x00900000
> > +CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR=0x020D8024
> >  CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_MAGIC=0x0B01C041
> >  CONFIG_IMX_WATCHDOG=y
> >  CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
> >
>
> Just as info: I confirm that using start address of SRAM does not work.
> Rather even the GPRx registers are not a common solution. I have already
> seen that even the GPRx registers are touched and cannot be used on some
> i.MX6 variant. Anyway, if this works on your board, fine.

Since GPRx registers are common to i.MX6, I think it can work
irrespective of boards, please correct me
if I am missing something here.

Did you come across any generic and robust solution for this ?
It would be great if we can use more generic or better solution.
Please let us know.

Thanks a lot,
Shyam