Re: [RFC] default u-boot

[Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>]

Hi Daiane,

On 10/10/2013 05:47 AM, Daiane Angolini wrote:
> On 10/09/2013 10:59 PM, Eric Nelson wrote:
>> On 10/09/2013 05:28 PM, Daiane Angolini wrote:
 >>
 >> <snip>
 >>
>>> Is the default version for nitrogen and sabrelite (u-boot-boundary)
>>> 2013.01?
>>>
>> No. The current release of u-boot-boundary is 2013.07:
>>      http://boundarydevices.com/u-boot-2013-07-release/
>
> Thanks, I changed the docs already.
>
>>
>> The sources are in our Github repository (production branch is
>> what we're currently shipping with boards);
>>      https://github.com/boundarydevices/u-boot-imx6/tree/production
>>
>> We try to keep this in-line with true main-line U-Boot, but use
>> it as a staging area so we can be a bit more responsive to customer
>> needs. The primary deltas at this point are additional boards
>> (nit6xlite is not yet in main-line), support for additional
>> displays, and support for custom boards.
>
> I used your last sentence to make a description. Please, take a look on
> https://github.com/Freescale/Documentation/blob/master/release-notes/source/u-boot.rst
>
> And let me know if you want to change anything.
>

This looks good. Thanks.

>>
>>> I would like to know what's the plan to add both support on u-boot-fslc
>>>
>> I have to admit that I've never looked at u-boot-fslc. I thought it was
>> only used for PPC boards.
>
> u-boot-fslc is our recipe that points to "trye main-line U-Boot". It's
> hosted on github only to keep some needed backport patches.
>

IOW, the same thing we use ours for. If it makes things easier, we could
push a 'boundary' branch there when we update things.

Regards,


Eric