[U-Boot] [RFC] try to merge different i.MX environment

Stefano Babic
2014-02-15T11:57:43Z

Hi Dennis,

On 14/02/2014 17:14, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:06:55 +0100
> Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de> wrote:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
>> CC: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>
>> CC: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
>> CC: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
>> CC: Leo Sartre <lsartre@adeneo-embedded.com>
>> CC: Jon Nettleton <jon.nettleton@gmail.com>
>> CC: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>
>> CC: b18965 at freescale.com
>>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> the current built-in environment in most i.MX boards is very similar.
>> Even if I always thought that the default environemt is something
>> that the user want always customize, I see from all you submitters
>> the not hidden desire to have such a common default environment for
>> all boards. At least, for i.MX boards.
>> Checking in the board configuration files, I see at least the
>> following boards that hase "quite" the same built-in environment:
>>
>
> I'm working on building a common set environment based on the work by
> Stephen Warren for tegra, that would provide for a very usable
> experience.
>
> Its the next step forward from the distro config options. Id rather us
> get a solution that works across the board than something different per
> soc family.

Fully agree. I will check again tegra-common-post.h. As far as I have
understood, the built-in environment for Tegra sets a minimal set of
rules and scripts that allow to load a full environment from another
script stored on a media (mmc or usb). This is also a good statement,
because the environment is not so fine defined and let easy customization.

> looking at how tegra is being done should provide a solid
> guide.

Thanks,
Stefano

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