imx8mm-evk does not boot kernel 5.16

[Tim Harvey]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 11:44 AM Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marcel,
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:10 PM Marcel Ziswiler
> <marcel.ziswiler at toradex.com> wrote:
>
> > Strange, remember, I am working on Verdin iMX8M Mini support [1] and run that stuff more or less daily.
> > However, as you can see in that patch series, I build the imx-sdma driver now as a module just like already
> > merged for imx_v6_v7_defconfig. As I also do have an imx8mm-evk laying around somewhere I can give that a try
> > as well. I keep you posted...
>
> Just noticed that when using the TF-A from NXP: imx-atf branch:
> imx_5.4.47_2.2.0 the 5.16 kernel boots fine.
>
> When using the mainline TF-A  (v2.5 or v2.6) the board hangs with 5.16
>

Interesting. Can you give us a breakdown of pros and cons of using
mainline TF-A vs NXP's? I'm not clear if NXP has been actively pushing
their changes up or not and haven't had time to follow the commits for
either project.

Best regards,

Tim