From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tx2outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com (tx2ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com [65.55.88.14]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 864EBE00804 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 07:06:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail24-tx2-R.bigfish.com (10.9.14.226) by TX2EHSOBE001.bigfish.com (10.9.40.21) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.1.225.22; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:06:04 +0000 Received: from mail24-tx2 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail24-tx2-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11330A00B1; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:05:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:70.37.183.190; KIP:(null); UIP:(null); IPV:NLI; H:mail.freescale.net; RD:none; EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -3 X-BigFish: VS-3(zz98dI936eI1432Izz1f42h2148h208ch1ee6h1de0h1fdah2073h2146h1202h1e76h2189h1d1ah1d2ah21bch1fc6hzzz2dh2a8h839h947hd25he5bhf0ah1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh137ah13b6h1441h1504h1537h153bh162dh1631h1758h1765h18e1h190ch1946h19b4h19c3h1ad9h1b0ah1b2fh2222h224fh1fb3h1d0ch1d2eh1d3fh1dfeh1dffh1f5fh1fe8h1ff5h209eh22d0h2336h2438h2461h2487h1155h) Received: from mail24-tx2 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail24-tx2 (MessageSwitch) id 1390230330900886_23588; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:05:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from TX2EHSMHS023.bigfish.com (unknown [10.9.14.254]) by mail24-tx2.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4C1C4C0049; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:05:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.freescale.net (70.37.183.190) by TX2EHSMHS023.bigfish.com (10.9.99.123) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.16.227.3; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:05:20 +0000 Received: from az84smr01.freescale.net (10.64.34.197) by 039-SN1MMR1-001.039d.mgd.msft.net (10.84.1.13) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.158.2; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:05:19 +0000 Received: from [10.29.244.106] ([10.29.244.106]) by az84smr01.freescale.net (8.14.3/8.14.0) with ESMTP id s0KF5IBj017742; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:05:18 -0700 Message-ID: <52DD39FD.9090406@freescale.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:00:13 -0200 From: Daiane Angolini Organization: Freescale Semiconductor User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Carlos Rafael Giani , "meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org" References: <52DCF67C.6030503@pseudoterminal.org> <52DD2EB0.5030208@freescale.com> <52DD3586.8090103@pseudoterminal.org> In-Reply-To: <52DD3586.8090103@pseudoterminal.org> X-OriginatorOrg: freescale.com X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%0$Dn%*$RO%0$TLS%0$FQDN%$TlsDn% Subject: Re: About customizing the image_types_fsl class X-BeenThere: meta-freescale@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Usage and development list for the meta-fsl-* layers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:06:10 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 20-01-2014 12:41, Carlos Rafael Giani wrote: > On 2014-01-20 15:12, Daiane Angolini wrote: >> I think the question here is how "standard" will SPL be for imx. How >> many boards has already SPL support *now*? >> >> I think it's something we need to start including, because it's the >> next standard, however, we must make both working in parallel (spl and >> non-spl). >> >> And, I would say, it's better to include the additional source code >> for SPL support directly to image_types_fsl instead of derivative it >> only on meta-fsl-arm-extra > > True. If more boards start using SPL, then it should become part of the > image_types_fsl class. Also, a flag to disable writing the uImage > outside of the partitions would also be useful (but not essential). > >> >> Overall I choose u-boot mainline always. It is our default bootloader, >> at least in general lines. >> >> The u-boot mainline hummingboard stability can be known with simple >> test. And any additional support may be included. It's only a matter >> of planing. >> >> 2014.01 is about to be released, and u-boot-fslc is about to be update >> to that version. And we may thing about backport any accepted patch to >> 2014.01 if it's planned only to 2014.04. >> >> Conclusion: I think the best is u-boot mainline, even if it need some >> rework, it's the best long-term option, in my point of view. > > This means I should wait until 2014.01 is released and added to oe-core > before I submit my cubox-i patches for meta-fsl-arm-extra ? > As I know it's supposed to be released today/tomorrow -- Daiane