[PATCH v2 2/4] mx6cuboxi: customize board_boot_order to access eMMC

Baruch Siach baruch at tkos.co.il
Mon Mar 16 19:11:20 CET 2020


Hi Walter,

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 02:53:58PM -0300, Walter Lozano wrote:
> On 16/3/20 14:25, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 02:05:57PM -0300, Walter Lozano wrote:
> > > On 16/3/20 13:28, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 01:52:13PM -0300, Walter Lozano wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for sharing.
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 12/3/20 02:02, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Walter,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Wed, Mar 11 2020, Walter Lozano wrote:
> > > > > > > In SPL legacy code only one MMC device is created, based on BOOT_CFG
> > > > > > > register, which can be either SD or eMMC. In this context
> > > > > > > board_boot_order return always MMC1 when configure to boot from
> > > > > > > SD/eMMC. After switching to DM both SD and eMMC devices are created
> > > > > > > based on the information available on DT, but as board_boot_order
> > > > > > > only returns MMC1 is not possible to boot from eMMC.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > This patch customizes board_boot_order taking into account BOOT_CFG
> > > > > > > register to point to correct MMC1 / MMC2 device. Additionally, handle
> > > > > > > IO mux for the desired boot device.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Walter Lozano <walter.lozano at collabora.com>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >     board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > > >     1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > diff --git a/board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c b/board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c
> > > > > > > index 6a96f9ecdb..9bf3645f72 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/board/solidrun/mx6cuboxi/mx6cuboxi.c
> > > > > > > @@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ int board_early_init_f(void)
> > > > > > >     #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_SATA
> > > > > > >     	setup_sata();
> > > > > > >     #endif
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > This hunk should not be part of this commit.
> > > > > Thanks for pointing to this silly hunk. I will prepare a V3.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Looks good to me, otherwise.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I can't test at the moment. Have you tested boot from both SD card and eMMC?
> > > > > Most of the work was done booting from SD. In order to test booting from
> > > > > eMMC, as I have some specific eFUSE configs, I tweaked board_boot_order to
> > > > > force booting from eMMC.
> > > > But that does not cover SPL boot from eMMC, right?
> > > Basically I think this approach should cover the necessary steps. To be more
> > > clear about my tweak
> > > 
> > > 1- BootROM loads SPL from SD
> > > 
> > > 2- SPL is tweaked to load U-Boot from eMMC, and in this way test its support
> > > on SPL
> > This is not exactly the same as SPL boot from eMMC. For example, your scenario
> > would work even without 'u-boot,dm-pre-reloc' property in the eMMC device
> > node.
> 
> I agree, it is not exactly the same and I really appreciate the time you
> spent testing it. However I still don't understand your comments regarding
> 'u-boot,dm-pre-reloc', as without this property there wouldn't be a usdhc3
> node in the DTB for SPL. Could you please clarify?

You are right. Bad example.

> > > > Anyway I tested your patches here on real hardware with unfused SOM and
> > > > SD/eMMC boot select jumpers.
> > > Thank you much for taking the time to test these patches in you board. I
> > > really appreciate your help
> > > 
> > > > Tested-by: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>
> > > Thanks. I'll add the tag to the v3.
> > I think this series ready as is. No need to post v3 just for the test tag.
> > Patchwork collects patch tags automatically. See under the 'A/F/R/T' column
> > here:
> > 
> >    http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=163738
> 
> I see, thanks for clarifying the issue related to "Tested-by" tag. Sorry for
> asking but, is it not necessary to send a v3 to avoid the "silly hunk" you
> pointed me?

I forgot about that. Maybe Stefano can make this trivial change when applying. 
I would not respin the series just for that.

baruch

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