[U-Boot] [PATCH v10 4/4] common: Generic firmware loader for file system

[Chee, Tien Fong <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>]

On Thu, 2018-03-08 at 14:04 -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 7 March 2018 at 22:03, Chee, Tien Fong <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 10:51 -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On 5 March 2018 at 02:43,  <tien.fong.chee@intel.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > From: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>
> > > > 
> > > > This is file system generic loader which can be used to load
> > > > the file image from the storage into target such as memory.
> > > > The consumer driver would then use this loader to program
> > > > whatever,
> > > > ie. the FPGA device.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee@intel.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Lothar Waßmann <LW@KARO-electronics.de>
> > > > ---
> > > >  common/Kconfig             |  10 ++
> > > >  common/Makefile            |   1 +
> > > >  common/fs_loader.c         | 353
> > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  doc/README.firmware_loader |  86 +++++++++++
> > > >  include/fs_loader.h        |  28 ++++
> > > >  5 files changed, 478 insertions(+)
> > > >  create mode 100644 common/fs_loader.c
> > > >  create mode 100644 doc/README.firmware_loader
> > > >  create mode 100644 include/fs_loader.h
> > > This looks fine as a concept but I am not keen on the
> > > implementation.
> > > 
> > This patchset has been going through many rounds and a lot of time
> > spending in review, and it is already working and being tested. I
> > still
> > have a lot subsequent patches pending on this patchset. I would
> > suggest
> > to accept this patchset, then we can enhance it to driver model in
> > later.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 1. It should use driver model (only) in U-Boot proper. If there
> > > is
> > > some SPL problem then add a specific function or feature for SPL.
> > We can doing this in later since it is require sometime to figure
> > out
> > and testing.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 2. It should not be necessary ti manually init subsystems -
> > > driver
> > > model does this for you
> > This is for initializing storage driver in very early SPL, where
> > loading from storage to configure some critical HW need to done
> > first.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 3. You can use the uclass name to find things
> > Yeah, once it is converted to driver model, we can use the uclass
> > for
> > searching HW info in DTS.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Please let me know if you need more info.
> Well I'm still not keen on this. Are you planning to do the
> conversion? It seems like a lot of work for someone else to do.
> 
Okay, i will try to convert it into driver model.

> Regards,
> Simon