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From: "Andreas Bießmann" <andreas.devel@googlemail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/3] Add README for the "Falcon" mode
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:21:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50AA0837.2000002@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1353316265-24430-1-git-send-email-sbabic@denx.de>

Dear Stefano Babic,

On 19.11.2012 10:11, Stefano Babic wrote:
> Simple howto to add support to a board
> for booting the kernel from SPL ("Falcon" mode).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>

despite a small change

Acked-by: Andreas Bie?mann <andreas.devel@googlemail.com>

> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - parameter initrd_addr was removed in V2 (Andreas Biessmann)
> - added patch to fix help usage for spl export (Andreas Biessmann)
> - Added empty lines (Otavio Salvador)
> - add a more exhaustive description explaining that
>   spl export does not save into media (Lukasz Majewski).
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - spelling, language fixes (Andreas Biessman)
> - rewrite some unclear sentences
> - drop CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_KEY
> - make example with twister more exhaustive
> 

<snip>

> +Configuration
> +----------------------------
> +CONFIG_CMD_SPL		Enable the "spl export" command.
> +			The command "spl export" is then available in U-Boot
> +			mode
> +CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT	Activate Falcon Mode.
> +			A board should implement the following functions:
> +
> +CONFIG_SYS_SPL_ARGS_ADDR	Address in RAM where the parameters must be
> +				copied by SPL.
> +				In most cases, it is <start_of_ram> + 0x100
> +
> +CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SPL_KERNEL_OFFS	Offset in NAND where the kernel is stored
> +
> +CONFIG_CMD_SPL_NAND_OFS	Offset in NAND where the parameters area was saved.
> +
> +CONFIG_CMD_SPL_WRITE_SIZE 	Size of the parameters area to be copied
> +
> +Function that a board must implement
> +------------------------------------
> +
> +void spl_board_prepare_for_linux(void) : optional
> +	Called from SPL before starting the kernel
> +
> +spl_start_uboot() : required
> +		Returns "0" if SPL starts the kernel, "1" if U-Boot
> +		must be started.
> +
> +

shouldn't we reorder that thing here (move CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT down to
the functions)?

Best regards

Andreas Bie?mann

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-19 10:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-12 10:59 [U-Boot] [PATCH] Add README for the "Falcon" mode Stefano Babic
2012-11-12 11:35 ` Andreas Bießmann
2012-11-12 13:02   ` Stefano Babic
2012-11-12 13:33     ` Andreas Bießmann
2012-11-13 11:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/2] " Stefano Babic
2012-11-13 11:11   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/2] OMAP3: drop CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_KEY and use local define Stefano Babic
2012-11-13 13:54     ` Thomas Weber
2012-11-13 13:13   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/2] Add README for the "Falcon" mode Thomas Weber
2012-11-13 15:55   ` Andreas Bießmann
2012-11-13 17:08     ` Stefano Babic
2012-11-14 10:29   ` Otavio Salvador
2012-11-14 12:19     ` Stefano Babic
2012-11-14 12:22       ` Otavio Salvador
2012-11-19  9:11 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/3] " Stefano Babic
2012-11-19  9:11   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/3] OMAP3: drop CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_KEY and use local define Stefano Babic
2012-11-19  9:11   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 3/3] SPL: Change description for spl command Stefano Babic
2012-11-19 10:17     ` Andreas Bießmann
2012-11-19 10:14   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/3] Add README for the "Falcon" mode Otavio Salvador
2012-11-19 10:36     ` Stefano Babic
2012-11-19 10:21   ` Andreas Bießmann [this message]
2012-11-19 10:37     ` Stefano Babic
2012-11-23 15:31 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 " Stefano Babic
2012-11-23 15:31   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 2/3] OMAP3: drop CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT_KEY and use local define Stefano Babic
2012-11-23 15:31   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 3/3] SPL: Change description for spl command Stefano Babic
2012-11-23 18:10   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v4 1/3] Add README for the "Falcon" mode Vikram Narayanan
2012-11-23 21:59     ` Andreas Bießmann
2012-11-25  3:47       ` Vikram Narayanan
2012-11-24 14:18     ` Stefano Babic
2013-02-11 21:12 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] " Otavio Salvador
2013-02-12  8:23   ` Stefano Babic

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