Bootstd for sunxi

[Simon Glass]

Hi Tom,

On Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 10:34, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 10:28:45AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > After the discussion on the call this week and Andre's suggestion of
> > putting FEL as the first global boothmeth, I took a look this morning.
> >
> > I created a new v7 series without the 'efi_loader: bootstd: Drop
> > bootmgr for sunxi' patch.
> >
> > It seems to run OK on a Linksprite_pcDuino3 but I'm not sure that is
> > enough. The FEL boothmeth is first, which is good. But Heinrich did a
> > series to reorder bootmgr which hasn't landed and specifically I had
> > concerns about this patch[1].
> >
> > Given that Heinrich can't make the calls, I'll talk it through with
> > him separately and reply on this thread. For now I don't see much
> > benefit in sending the new v7 series, but I can if desired.
>
> The biggest blocking part of the sunxi series became that it showcased
> the more generic problem with integration of EFI and standard boot [2]
> so yes, getting that resolved first is the next big blocker for trying
> to migrate more platforms. It was unclear to me then, and still unclear
> to me now what the value is in exposing more platforms to what I believe
> ends up being a less than optimal experience is compared with what they
> experience today.

I'm not sure about the less-than-optimal, but I suspect this is the
bootmgr kicking in and checking the network. Heinrich has something
for that and I'll talk to him in a day or two.

>
> But since no one can actually test things out and see what is or is not
> different with the switch, yes, you should post v7.

OK, done! Something wrong with CI, but not sure what.

Regards,
Simon

>
> [2]: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20241113150938.1534931-4-sjg@chromium.org/#3418689
>
> --
> Tom