[U-Boot] [PATCH V2 10/13] spl: add support for alternative boot device

[Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 05:39:56PM +0200, Nikita Kiryanov wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:19:51AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Hi Nikita,
> > 
> > On 28 October 2015 at 03:23, Nikita Kiryanov <nikita@compulab.co.il> wrote:
> > > Introduce spl_boot_list array, which defines a list of boot devices
> > > that SPL will try before hanging. By default this list will consist
> > > of only spl_boot_device(), but board_boot_order() can be overridden
> > > by board code to populate the array with custom values.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Nikita Kiryanov <nikita@compulab.co.il>
> > > Cc: Igor Grinberg <grinberg@compulab.co.il>
> > > Cc: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
> > > Cc: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
> > > ---
> > > Changes in V2:
> > >         - No changes.
> > >
> > >  common/spl/spl.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > >  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > How will we convert this to driver model? I'm worried that this might
> > create a separate method which will live forever.
> 
> I don't see how this is related to driver model. This code just fills in
> an array and iterates over it. Can you elaborate?

Indeed.  With DM we'd just want to make sure that we probe for the
device before trying to use it, yes?

-- 
Tom
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