From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marek Vasut Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:11:42 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] FDT driver initialization function declaration In-Reply-To: <4FFC3286.2020407@monstr.eu> References: <4FFC02BD.7060106@monstr.eu> <20120710130331.854362026C4@gemini.denx.de> <4FFC3286.2020407@monstr.eu> Message-ID: <201207101711.42961.marex@denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Michal Simek, > Dear Wolfgang, > > On 07/10/2012 03:03 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > Dear Michal Simek, > > > > In message<4FFC1EF8.9060705@monstr.eu> you wrote: > >> The hardest part I have identify on microblaze was about u-boot > >> variables. Because based on information from device-tree you can choose > >> where variables should be stored and also this memory should be > >> accessible before u-boot try to read variables. It mean in very early > >> state. > > > > Device initialization before relocation is already hard enough; > > resources are very limited then. You will add the additional need to > > have the FDT library available then, too. Not to mention that you > > need to load the DT blob, too. > > > > This will be a lot of added complexity. > > Do you have any timeframe for this work? > Or any expectation when this work should be merged to mainline? 6 months, 2 releases ... or so. We booted it as a university project to maximize the gain. > Thanks, > Michal Best regards, Marek Vasut