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From: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH V2] add README.distro file
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:55:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54AAEC42.1020709@wwwdotorg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1419761389.13595.47.camel@hellion.org.uk>

On 12/28/2014 03:09 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 13:46 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> [...]
>> +
>> +The U-Boot "syslinux" and "pxe boot" commands require a number of environment
>> +variables be set. Default values for these variables are often hard-coded into
>> +CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS in the board's U-Boot configuration file, so that
>> +the user doesn't have to configure them.
>> +
>> +fdt_addr:
>> +
>> +  Optional. If specified a dtb to boot the system must be available at the
>> +  given address.
>> +
>> +fdt_addr_r:
>> +
>> +  Mandatory.
>
> Isn't this one only mandatory if ${fdt_addr} is not given?

Yes. I guess it's mandatory for at least one of fdt_addr or fdt_addr_r 
to be set, according to common/cmd_pxe.c:

> 	 * fdt usage is optional:
> 	 * It handles the following scenarios. All scenarios are exclusive
> 	 *
> 	 * Scenario 1: If fdt_addr_r specified and "fdt" label is defined in
> 	 * pxe file, retrieve fdt blob from server. Pass fdt_addr_r to bootm,
> 	 * and adjust argc appropriately.
> 	 *
> 	 * Scenario 2: If there is an fdt_addr specified, pass it along to
> 	 * bootm, and adjust argc appropriately.
> 	 *
> 	 * Scenario 3: fdt blob is not available.

So, I'll need to reword that a little to make that clear.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-05 19:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-22 20:46 [U-Boot] [PATCH V2] add README.distro file Stephen Warren
2014-12-28  9:26 ` Ian Campbell
2015-01-05 19:50   ` Stephen Warren
2015-01-11  9:45   ` Ian Campbell
2015-01-11 17:54     ` Stephen Warren
2015-01-11 18:15       ` Tom Rini
2015-01-12 17:34         ` Stephen Warren
2015-01-12 17:57           ` Ian Campbell
2015-01-12 18:47             ` Stephen Warren
2015-01-12 19:57             ` Sjoerd Simons
2015-01-12 22:41               ` Dennis Gilmore
2015-01-23 17:48             ` Rob Herring
2014-12-28 10:09 ` Ian Campbell
2015-01-05 19:55   ` Stephen Warren [this message]
2015-01-10 18:44     ` Dennis Gilmore
2015-01-12 17:36       ` Stephen Warren

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