[U-Boot] [PATCH 07/32] nitrogen6x: Allow U-Boot to be silent on UART2

[Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>]

Thanks Stefano,

On 10/06/2014 08:42 AM, Stefano Babic wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> On 02/10/2014 21:16, Eric Nelson wrote:
>> Several customers are using UART2 (normally the serial console
>> for U-Boot) as connections to printers or other peripherals
>> that are not tolerant of stray inputs during reset.
>>
>> Provide a simple way to eliminate output on the serial port
>> by conditionally configuring these pads as GPIOs during
>> U-Boot.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>
>> ---
>>  board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c | 6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c b/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c
>> index e795492..621cdbc 100644
>> --- a/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c
>> +++ b/board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c
>> @@ -77,9 +77,15 @@ static iomux_v3_cfg_t const uart1_pads[] = {
>>  	MX6_PAD_SD3_DAT7__UART1_TX_DATA | MUX_PAD_CTRL(UART_PAD_CTRL),
>>  };
>>  
>> +/* #define CONFIG_SILENT_UART */
> 
> Theoretically, we have already in U-Boot CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE, without
> the need to introduce a new CONFIG_.
> 
>>  static iomux_v3_cfg_t const uart2_pads[] = {
>> +#ifndef CONFIG_SILENT_UART
>>  	MX6_PAD_EIM_D26__UART2_TX_DATA | MUX_PAD_CTRL(UART_PAD_CTRL),
>>  	MX6_PAD_EIM_D27__UART2_RX_DATA | MUX_PAD_CTRL(UART_PAD_CTRL),
>> +#else
>> +	MX6_PAD_EIM_D26__GPIO3_IO26 | MUX_PAD_CTRL(UART_PAD_CTRL),
>> +	MX6_PAD_EIM_D27__GPIO3_IO27 | MUX_PAD_CTRL(UART_PAD_CTRL),
>> +#endif
> 
> I understand the reason, anyway this looks like a hack (uart is still
> configured while iomux is not correctly set). Can you check if your goal
> is simply reached with CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE ?
> 
Will do. I wasn't aware of that one.

Regards,


Eric