[U-Boot] [PATCH] imx: missing CONFIG_NET after consolidation patches

[Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>]

Hello Joe,

Am 29.05.2015 08:09, schrieb Joe Hershberger:
> Hi Heiko,
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de> wrote:
>> Hello Joe,
>>
>>
>> Am 28.05.2015 19:53, schrieb Joe Hershberger:
>>>
>>> Hi Stefano,
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> commit fd3056337e6fcc140f400e11edd33f6f1cb37de1
>>>> "Use env callbacks for net variables" has a side effect
>>>> on i.MX6 boards because they do not set CONFIG_NET:
>>>> the ip address results not set, but it is stored
>>>> in the environment.
>>>>
>>>> => pri ipaddr
>>>> ipaddr=192.168.178.66
>>>> => ping 192.168.178.1
>>>> *** ERROR: `ipaddr' not set
>>>> ping failed; host 192.168.178.1 is not alive
>>>>
>>>> Setting CONFIG_NET solves this issue.
>>>>
>>>> Reported-by: Heiko Schoker <hs@denx.de>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
>>>> ---
>>>>    include/configs/mx6_common.h | 3 +++
>>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/configs/mx6_common.h b/include/configs/mx6_common.h
>>>> index 233c6d2..3d859cf 100644
>>>> --- a/include/configs/mx6_common.h
>>>> +++ b/include/configs/mx6_common.h
>>>> @@ -105,4 +105,7 @@
>>>>    #define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC
>>>>    #define CONFIG_FSL_USDHC
>>>>
>>>> +/* NET */
>>>> +#define CONFIG_NET
>>>
>>>
>>> This config was added to Kconfig here:
>>> 60296a8 commands: add more command entries in Kconfig
>>> Author: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
>>> Date:   Thu Nov 13 19:29:08 2014 +0900
>>>
>>> Apparently some of the boards that supported NET previously were not
>>> properly added to their defconfigs.
>>>
>>> In any case, for this board, you should add the NET config to the
>>> defconfig, not the header.
>>
>>
>> Hmm.. this seems missing for all imx boards ...
>>
>> $ grep -lr CONFIG_NET configs | xargs grep MX
>
> It seems that in ed36323f, Masahiro added the CONFIG_NET config to
> Kconfig, but most things depended on (and defined) CONFIG_CMD_NET,
> which he added to Kconfig in 60296a8. In both cases, none of the
> boards had either CONFIG_CMD_NET or CONFIG_NET moved to defconfigs. As
> a result most boards are lacking complete networking support except
> those that happen to have been touched for other reasons related to
> networking (such as the CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR patch).
>
> This is made worse by the fact that I used CONFIG_NET (the one missing
> in far more boards) in the fd30563 commit.

Uh..

> I will work up a patch that addresses this and restores networking to
> all boards that formerly supported networking.  Expect it tomorrow or
> so.

Ok, thanks!

bye,
Heiko
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