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

Walter Lozano walter.lozano at collabora.com
Mon Mar 16 19:56:34 CET 2020


Hi Baruch,

On 16/3/20 15:11, Baruch Siach wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for clarifying.

>
>>>>> 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.

Thanks again for clarifying, you have been very helpful.

Regards,

Walter

>
> baruch
>


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