From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com (Thomas Petazzoni) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:13:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ARM: atags: add support for Marvell's u-boot In-Reply-To: <20130603191730.GR3803@titan.lakedaemon.net> References: <1370277937-2965-1-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> <20130603171017.GN18614@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20130603175629.GH5008@1wt.eu> <20130603181437.GO3803@titan.lakedaemon.net> <20130603183057.GA9868@1wt.eu> <20130603184148.GQ3803@titan.lakedaemon.net> <20130603191730.GR3803@titan.lakedaemon.net> Message-ID: <20130604101335.6be6ed3b@skate> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Dear Jason Cooper, On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:17:31 -0400, Jason Cooper wrote: > > Isn't upstream U-Boot supporting Marvell devices properly these days? > > If so maybe considering a U-Boot upgrade would be the best way forward? > > Yes, both u-boot and barebox are supporting Marvell devices, Sorry Jason, but you're overstating the status of this support: * Barebox has only *minimal* support for Marvell SoCs, i.e only the serial console and timers are supported. There is no support for network, NAND, SPI or anything that even allows to load a kernel and boot it. * U-Boot has zero support for Armada 370 and Armada XP, and Sebastian has tried for several months to push support for Marvell Dove, without success (lack of review/interest from the U-Boot maintainers, if I remember correctly). So as of today, the Marvell-specific U-Boot is the /only/ working solution for Armada 370 and Armada XP based platforms, and it will remain this way at least for several months, until we've pushed enough work into Barebox. And even at that time, as you say, users may not necessarily be willing to upgrade their bootloader. Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com