From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Rini Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 07:15:03 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] am33xx, spl, siemens: enable debug uart output again In-Reply-To: <54F9563F.8000000@denx.de> References: <1424758700-4265-1-git-send-email-hs@denx.de> <54F409A9.7030907@denx.de> <20150302135932.GJ29891@bill-the-cat> <54F6B782.3000803@denx.de> <20150304164013.GU25373@bill-the-cat> <54F7F633.5080905@denx.de> <54F817FA.7070506@denx.de> <20150305145052.GQ25373@bill-the-cat> <54F9563F.8000000@denx.de> Message-ID: <20150306121503.GD25373@bill-the-cat> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 08:24:47AM +0100, Heiko Schocher wrote: > Hello Tom, > > Am 05.03.2015 15:50, schrieb Tom Rini: > >On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 09:46:50AM +0100, Heiko Schocher wrote: > >>Hello Tom, > >> > >>Am 05.03.2015 07:22, schrieb Heiko Schocher: > >>>Hello Tom, > >>> > >>>Am 04.03.2015 17:40, schrieb Tom Rini: > >>>>On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 08:42:58AM +0100, Heiko Schocher wrote: > >>>>>Hello Tom, > >>>>> > >>>>>Am 02.03.2015 14:59, schrieb Tom Rini: > >>>>>>On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 07:56:41AM +0100, Heiko Schocher wrote: > >>>>>>>Hello Simon, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Am 24.02.2015 14:31, schrieb Simon Glass: > >>>>>>>>Hi Heiko, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>On 23 February 2015 at 23:18, Heiko Schocher wrote: > >>>>>>>>>a6b541b090: TI ARMv7: Don't use GD before crt0.S has set it > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>moves the init of the debug uart at the very end of SPL code. > >>>>>>>>>Enable it for the siemens board earlier, as they print > >>>>>>>>>ddr settings ... all debug output before board_init_r() > >>>>>>>>>is here currently useless. Maybe we must rework this > >>>>>>>>>globally? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>Assuming we are talking about U-Boot proper, the DDR init should > >>>>>>>>happen in board_init_f(), specifically dram_init(). so I think this > >>>>>>>>code should be updated. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>If it is SPL, then DDR init should happen in SPL's board_init_f(). > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>It is in SPL... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>sdram_init() is called from: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>./arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c from s_init() ... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>I sent a series a few weeks ago (available at u-boot-dm branch > >>>>>>>>spl-working) related to this topic: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/438581/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Ah ... Hmm... so "./arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c" needs > >>>>>>>a rework, right? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Is a simple rename s_init() -> board_init_f() correct? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Right so, no, we can't just rename s_init to board_init_f. This is what > >>>>>>I was talking about in the thread about the function Hans wants to add > >>>>>>to enable some bits in CP15 on sunxi, iirc. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>In short, armv7 has a different set of abstraction hooks than the > >>>>>>previous ARM cores (armv8 followed what we have for v7) and I'm not > >>>>>>convinced in the end that it really won us anything. See > >>>>>>http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2015-January/202350.html > >>>>>> > >>>>>>For today you need to rework the Siemens code to print out the DDR > >>>>>>values (when desired) in spl_board_init() as we do not, or will not > >>>>>>shortly, have gd prior to board_init_f running. > >>>>> > >>>>>Hmm... first I thought, ok, no problem, move the output from the RAM > >>>>>parameters to spl_board_init() ... but thats only the half of the > >>>>>story ... They read the RAM parameters from an i2c eeprom, and if > >>>>>there are errors, they print this errors ... currently this does > >>>>>not work, and thats I think the more important case ... and I could > >>>>>not move this error printfs to somewhere, because if RAM is not > >>>>>working ... there is no later ... > >>>>> > >>>>>So I have to enable the console early ... maybe I missed something, > >>>>>but this worked fine in the past (and I think we should not break > >>>>>this, as this is an essential feature). > >>>> > >>>>OK, I missed something too. I think this gets better now once I merge > >>>>Simon's SPL series as we do all of this from board_init_f() and the > >>>>siemens code should just work again. > >>> > >>>Yes, just saw your patch ;-) > >>> > >>>If they are in mainline (or do you have them somewhere in a git repo?), > >>>I test it again on the dxr2 board, thanks! > >> > >>If I am correct, all needed patches from you are in mainline, just > >>tried this on the dxr2 board ... but I still need: > >> > >>diff --git a/board/siemens/common/board.c b/board/siemens/common/board.c > >>index a39cbd0..8724604 100644 > >>--- a/board/siemens/common/board.c > >>+++ b/board/siemens/common/board.c > >>@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ void set_uart_mux_conf(void) > >> > >> void set_mux_conf_regs(void) > >> { > >>+ /* enable early the console */ > >>+ gd->baudrate = CONFIG_BAUDRATE; > >>+ serial_init(); > >>+ gd->have_console = 1; > >>+ > >> /* Initalize the board header */ > >> enable_i2c0_pin_mux(); > >> i2c_set_bus_num(0); > >> > >>to see the console output ... > > > >Yes, if you want console prior to spl_board_init() then you need to do > >that where you are. > > > > Ah, ok... so this patch is OK? If you must print out the DDR timings, yes, this is normal. -- Tom -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: