[U-Boot] CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE not working with NAND env

[Nick Thompson <nick.thompson@ge.com>]

On 05/04/11 16:52, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Nick Thompson wrote:
>> common/console.c has this function:
>>
>> /* Called before relocation - use serial functions */
>> int console_init_f(void)
>> {
>>        gd->have_console = 1;
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
>>        if (getenv("silent") != NULL)
>>                gd->flags |= GD_FLG_SILENT;
>> #endif
>>
>>        return 0;
>> }
>>
>> I have defined CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE and set "silent" in my NAND env,
>> but the SILENT flag doesn't get set.
>>
>> I suspect this function is called way too early for NAND env to be available.
> NAND isnt the only one with this problem (SPI does too last i looked).
>  during early boot, you only have the default env available.  so if
> you want silent console, i'd suggest you enable that in your default
> env.
> -mike

Yes, that's what I intend to do, I think, though I'd have liked it to be
configurable at run time.

Thanks for the info,
Nick.