[PATCH 1/2] arm: mvebu: clearfog: add SCSI to distro bootcmd
Joel Johnson
mrjoel at lixil.net
Fri Apr 17 09:08:03 CEST 2020
On 2020-04-16 00:13, Stefan Roese wrote:
> On 16.04.20 06:09, Joel Johnson wrote:
>> On 2020-03-23 04:20, Stefan Roese wrote:
>>> Added Josua to Cc.
>>>
>>> On 29.01.20 04:59, Joel Johnson wrote:
>>>> Include attempting to boot from SCSI (SATA) devices within generated
>>>> board distro bootcmd environment. The reasoning for boot ordering is
>>>> that MMC and USB are external and removable, while when a case is in
>>>> use, replacing M.2 or mSATA drives requires disassembly. Therefore,
>>>> to boot SCSI, [bootable] external media must be removed. If SCSI
>>>> were
>>>> placed before MMC or USB, then removing a bootable SCSI drive to
>>>> enable MMC or USB booting would be more difficult.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Joel Johnson <mrjoel at lixil.net>
>>>
>>> Josua posted a similar patch (different order though):
>>>
>>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1239539/
>>>
>>> I tend to pull your patch though in the next merge window, if nobody
>>> objects. So:
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stefan
>>
>> I just wanted to send a bump on this series. With the first pull
>> request of the merge window you merged Josua's patch. I'd still
>> advocate for my original reasoning on the boot order priority, but in
>> either case the second patch in this series is unique and
>> non-conflicting since it adds support for the additional SCSI buses
>> depending on configuration.
>>
>> Josua - any objection to moving USB boot before SCSI in the priority
>> order?
>>
>> I'll rebase the series on current master since it will conflict, but
>> wanted to try to get consensus on the approach before doing so.
>
> Okay from me for this.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
Looking again it looks like *both* were merged and resulted in some
duplication, I just sent a related simple patch to correct.
Joel
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