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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Move init_sequence table into code.
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:14:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080418041413.02A8F248A0@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:40:21 +0200." <1208241621.5911.32.camel@gentoo-jocke.transmode.se>

In message <1208241621.5911.32.camel@gentoo-jocke.transmode.se> you wrote:
> 
> It is not going to be a walk in the park :) The big remaining part
> is string literals while still in flash, not sure how to solve these
> yet.
> 
> > 
> > > > The original idea of having such a list  of  funtion  pointers  which
> > > > just  get executed one after another was to be able to wrap this into
> > > > some "#ifndef CONFIG_INIT_SEQUENCE" and use this to allow for  board-
> > > > specific init sequences by just adding a #define with the needed list
> > > > of functions to the board config files.
> > > 
> > > You can do that with weak functions too. Just make all the functions
> > > weak, then a board can overide with its own function.
> > 
> > That would not, for example, to allow to change the sequence - say
> > one board needs to initialize PCI very early, but another one very
> > late.
> 
> True, but as no one even uses this code ATM, it can't be a big deal.

OK. Well, this is not a bug fix, but a (more or less invasive) change
to basic infrastructure. I will not add this so shortly before a
release. Please rebase and resubmit when the next merge window is
open.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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      reply	other threads:[~2008-04-18  4:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-28 15:45 [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Move init_sequence table into code Joakim Tjernlund
2008-03-28 15:45 ` [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Change env_get_char from a global function ptr to a function Joakim Tjernlund
2008-03-30 18:08   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-03-30 20:59   ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-03-30 21:05     ` Joakim Tjernlund
2008-03-30 22:33       ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-03-31  7:15         ` Joakim Tjernlund
2008-04-05 17:31           ` Joakim Tjernlund
2008-04-14  1:09             ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-04-14 21:01               ` Joakim Tjernlund
2008-04-18  4:14                 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-04-14  1:09 ` [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Move init_sequence table into code Wolfgang Denk
2008-04-14 21:06   ` Joakim Tjernlund
2008-04-15  4:35     ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-04-15  6:40       ` Joakim Tjernlund
2008-04-18  4:14         ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]

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