[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] i.MX6: nitrogen6x/sabrelite: override set_board_name()

[Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>]

Hi Eric,

On 17/11/2013 18:17, Eric Nelson wrote:
> Since the nitrogen6x board file auto-detects Nitrogen6x and
> SABRE Lite boards, override set_board_name to produce one
> of two values for board_name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>
> ---
>  board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c b/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c
> index 616ad55..aa9717a 100644
> --- a/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c
> +++ b/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c
> @@ -756,9 +756,14 @@ int board_init(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static inline int is_n6x(void)
> +{
> +	return gpio_get_value(WL12XX_WL_IRQ_GP);
> +}
> +
>  int checkboard(void)
>  {
> -	if (gpio_get_value(WL12XX_WL_IRQ_GP))
> +	if (is_n6x())
>  		puts("Board: Nitrogen6X\n");
>  	else
>  		puts("Board: SABRE Lite\n");
> @@ -766,6 +771,13 @@ int checkboard(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +void set_board_name(void)
> +{
> +	char *old = getenv("board_name");

Agree on the name: board_name was already introduced in u-boot.

> +	if (!old)
> +		setenv("board_name", is_n6x() ? "nitrogen6x" : "sabrelite");

I have a major question: if it is possible to detect at runtime, as you
have already implemented, which is the board where code is running, why
is it possible to override it for the operator ? I agree that forcing
environment variables inside code is bad, but in this case it is a
hardware related stuff. It is like to the processor type or the
serial-id of the processor (variable dieid# on OMAP). Overriding seems
weird.

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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