[RFC PATCH 1/3] spl: Kconfig: allow to enable SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR for i.MX8M

[Quentin Schulz]

Hi Dario,

On 5/15/25 3:12 PM, Dario Binacchi wrote:
> Commit 2a00d73d081a ("spl: mmc: Try to clean up raw-mode options") breaks
> the boot of the BSH SMM S2 board. As stated in the commit itself, "Some
> boards use this value even though MMC is not enabled in SPL, for example
> imx8mn_bsh_smm_s2". The same commit makes SPL_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE depend
> on SPL_DM_MMC || SPL_MMC. With SPL_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE unset, it is not
> possible to enable SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR, thus breaking
> the board's boot process.
> 
> The patch once again allows SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR to be
> selected also for boards that do not use MMC, in this case on the i.MX8M
> platform.
> 

Why would you use SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR if you don't have 
any MMC? Shouldn't we rather fix the incorrect usage of this variable to 
be something else (or better guarded?).

Cheers,
Quentin