[PATCH v1 0/4] k3: migrate SPL_TEXT_BASE to new address

[Ahmad Fatoum]

Hi,

On 17.04.25 16:16, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 06:30:13AM -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote:
>>>> I dont see a specific value here. U-boot just works. For folks who want
>>>> direct TFA to kernel jump (which is a niche fast boot usecase), go ahead
>>>> and use TFA with the mentioned build option.
>>>
>>
>> IMHO, there is a simpler alternate solution - build TFA, dtb etc in the
>> model of your desire. let us leave the defaults be.
>>
>> I will let Tom and other U-boot maintainers make their choice, as TFA
>> maintainer, I have already rejected the approach. it is already
>> PRELOADED_BL33_BASE ?= 0x80080000 which allows for override at build
>> time instead of all the massive rework and downstream ecosystem impact.
> 
> Thanks Nishanth. As you point out, all of the relevant projects need to
> stay in sync for this to be useful and I agree with your position so
> this is nak'd here too.

The i.MX folks also did some switcheroos with the TF-A load address (BL31
though [1]) and at least in barebox (running as BL2), it ended up wasting
a lot of time of everyone involved that could have been put to more
productive use.

So thanks Nishanth and Tom for saving AM6x users from the same hassle.

[1]: https://github.com/barebox/barebox/commit/199aabdc7

Cheers,
Ahmad

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