[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] ARM: introduce arch_early_init_r()

[Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 12:08:33AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dear Tom Rini,
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 12:00:31AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > Dear Tom Rini,
> > > 
> > > > On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 06:19:45PM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> > > > > Introduce arch_early_init_r() function, which can be useful for doing
> > > > > early initialization after relocation has happened.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Perhaps I just overlooked earlier conversations, but why not just do
> > > > this in board_init() ?
> > > 
> > > Because we have multiple boards and they all need it.
> > 
> > And you aren't architectured with a common board_init() over the family
> > (would there be little to no duplication)?  This is what we do in
> > various TI families.
> 
> Common board_init() ? How would you then do the actual distinct per-board init?

Pah, mis-recalled things, sorry.  We have a pre-relocation hook that's
common per-family (lowlevel_init (generic) -> s_init (TI generic)).

-- 
Tom