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From: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>
To: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"Sebastian Reichel" <sre-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	"Michal Kazior"
	<michal.kazior-++hxYGjEMp0AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"Kalle Valo" <kvalo-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org>,
	"Ivaylo Dimitrov"
	<ivo.g.dimitrov.75-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"Tony Lindgren" <tony-4v6yS6AI5VpBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-wireless
	<linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	"Network Development"
	<netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: wl1251 & mac address & calibration data
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 18:17:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161126171730.GA16318@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161124184601.wo4al6nyzb6rmiqs-FnsA7b+Nu9XLHDo1XOr0g3XdqJI7FyRRX3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>

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On Thu 2016-11-24 20:46:01, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 04:20:45PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > Proprietary, signed and closed bootloader NOLO does not support DT. So
> > for booting you need to append DTS file to kernel image.
> > 
> > U-Boot is optional and can be used as intermediate bootloader between
> > NOLO and kernel. But still it has problems with reading from nand, so
> > cannot read NVS data nor MAC address.
> 
> You could use kexec to pass the fixed DT.

Yeah. You could also strap desktop PC to a USB GPRS card, and call it
phone. You could also make a pig fly.

But because you could does not mean you should. No, sorry, kexec is
not acceptable. Too hard to set up, slows boot too much.

									Pavel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-26 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-11 17:20 wl1251 & mac address & calibration data Pali Rohár
2016-11-21 15:51 ` Pali Rohár
2016-11-22 15:22   ` Michal Kazior
2016-11-22 15:31     ` Pali Rohár
2016-11-22 16:14       ` Michal Kazior
2016-11-22 17:05         ` Pali Rohár
2016-11-23  8:24           ` Arend Van Spriel
2016-11-23 22:23           ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-23 22:39             ` Pali Rohár
2016-11-24  7:51               ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-24  8:33                 ` Pali Rohár
2016-11-24 15:13                   ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-11-24 15:20                     ` Pali Rohár
2016-11-24 15:31                       ` Ivaylo Dimitrov
2016-11-24 16:08                       ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-11-24 16:49                         ` Pali Rohár
2016-11-24 18:11                           ` Sebastian Reichel
2016-11-24 18:35                             ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-15  8:18                               ` Kalle Valo
2016-12-15 15:33                                 ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-15 20:12                                   ` Arend Van Spriel
2016-12-16  2:03                                     ` Luis R. Rodriguez
     [not found]                                       ` <CAB=NE6VHF+U7DzapENvLMKtN4Dgi9J0qMoeUJ8o4vSwc2-rRFQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-16  7:25                                         ` Daniel Wagner
2016-12-16 10:40                                           ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-18 10:49                                             ` Arend Van Spriel
2016-12-18 11:04                                               ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-18 11:54                                                 ` Arend Van Spriel
2016-12-18 12:09                                                   ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-18 20:08                                                     ` Arend Van Spriel
2016-12-20 11:47                                                       ` Kalle Valo
2016-12-20 16:56                                                         ` Tony Lindgren
2016-12-20 17:06                                                           ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-20 17:11                                                           ` Kalle Valo
     [not found]                                                             ` <87bmw6ttim.fsf-HodKDYzPHsUD5k0oWYwrnHL1okKdlPRT@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-20 17:21                                                               ` Tony Lindgren
2017-01-12  8:50                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-16 10:35                                       ` Pali Rohár
     [not found]                                     ` <76365770-f5ba-9565-3fca-710518f64d81-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-16 10:26                                       ` Pali Rohár
2016-11-24 18:46                       ` Aaro Koskinen
     [not found]                         ` <20161124184601.wo4al6nyzb6rmiqs-FnsA7b+Nu9XLHDo1XOr0g3XdqJI7FyRRX3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-26 17:17                           ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2016-11-26 17:20                           ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-05 23:51                             ` Tony Lindgren

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