[U-Boot] RFC: Aligning arch initialisation sequences

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Reinhard Meyer,

In message <4CDF6070.20503@emk-elektronik.de> you wrote:
> Dear Wolfgang Denk,
> > Yes, and this is correct. board_init_f != board_early_init_f
> 
> To make it crystal clear now:
> 
> void board_init_f (ulong bootflag)

That's not crystal clear at all.  Until now, you've been talking about
board_early_init_f(), and now you suddenly switch to a completey
different function.

> 	bd_t *bd;
> 	init_fnc_t **init_fnc_ptr;
> 	gd_t *id;
> 	ulong addr, addr_sp;
> +	gd_t auto_gd;

And how do we pass around data before relocation? For example, the
serial driver needs information about clock settings to set up the
serial console.

You would have to add lots of return values (some time even return
structs), which then get passed around as arguments - or you would
have to pass around a pointer to GD _before_ that.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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