[U-Boot] [ANN] U-Boot v2017.03-rc2 released

[Heiko Schocher <hs@denx.de>]

Hello Tom,

Am 14.02.2017 um 06:38 schrieb Heiko Schocher:
> Hello Tom,
>
> Am 14.02.2017 um 00:01 schrieb Tom Rini:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> It's release day and v2017.03-rc2 is out.  I think my patchwork queue is
>> looking good currently but I'm open to being told there's important
>> stuff outstanding.  I'm probably going to grab some Kconfig things and
>> perhaps other cleanups I can mechanically confirm are correct.  Things
>> are on track for -rc3 on the 27th.
>
> Hmm.. my weekly test of current mainline u-boot shows a problem
> with the at91 based smartweb and corvus boards:
>
> smartweb log:
> U-Boot 2017.03-rc2-00002-g6484233 (Feb 14 2017 - 03:01:05 +0100)
>
> CPU: AT91SAM9260
> Crystal frequency:   18.432 MHz
> CPU clock        :  198.656 MHz
> Master clock     :   99.328 MHz
>         Watchdog enabled
> DRAM:  64 MiB
> NAND:  256 MiB
> In:    serial at fffff200
> Out:   serial at fffff200
> Err:   serial at fffff200
> Net:   No ethernet found.
> U-Boot#
>
> corvus:
> U-Boot SPL 2017.03-rc2-00002-g0d9386a (Feb 14 2017 - 03:41:27)
> Trying to boot from NAND
>
>
> U-Boot 2017.03-rc2-00002-g0d9386a (Feb 14 2017 - 03:41:27 +0100)
>
> CPU: AT91SAM9G45
> Crystal frequency:       12 MHz
> CPU clock        :      400 MHz
> Master clock     :  133.333 MHz
> DRAM:  128 MiB
> NAND:  256 MiB
> In:    serial at ffffee00
> Out:   serial at ffffee00
> Err:   serial at ffffee00
> Net:   No ethernet found.
> Hit any key to stop autoboot
> U-Boot>
>
> No ethernet found with current mainline,
>
> Last week it ethernet worked:
> xeidos.ddns.net/tests/test_db_auslesen.php#237
> xeidos.ddns.net/tests/test_db_auslesen.php#236
>
> I try to find time to look into it ... added Andreas to it, may he
> know something ...

Could bisect it (not yet automated with tbot, as without ethernet,
I had to load the new u-boot bin with "loadb" ...)

pollux:u-boot-smartweb hs [(kein Branch, bin?re Suche begonnen bei master)] $ git bisect visualize
commit 577aa3b3587193ee078ce83d918604da6ac84dd5
Author: Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@atmel.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 2 10:06:56 2016 +0800

     net: macb: Add the clock support

     Due to introducing the at91 clock driver, add the clock support.

     Signed-off-by: Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@atmel.com>
     Acked-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>
pollux:u-boot-smartweb hs [(kein Branch, bin?re Suche begonnen bei master)] $ git bisect log
git bisect start
# bad: [6484233c463a1b79bae651a7fa8504a838425eb7] dfu: introduce dfu_mtd support
git bisect bad 6484233c463a1b79bae651a7fa8504a838425eb7
# good: [446d4e048ee3b00f7907e15cd02aa404cc714c77] x86: make LOAD_FROM_32_BIT visible for platforms
git bisect good 446d4e048ee3b00f7907e15cd02aa404cc714c77
# good: [6f57b19857b514f6e94e423c9bbe2d4b8973a0db] Merge branch 'master' of git://git.denx.de/u-boot-mmc
git bisect good 6f57b19857b514f6e94e423c9bbe2d4b8973a0db
# bad: [2a48b3a2c4ec0f1775deeac5cfe7e61072b6b894] omap_hsmmc.c: Fix build warning on non-omap3
git bisect bad 2a48b3a2c4ec0f1775deeac5cfe7e61072b6b894
# bad: [83cfbeb0df9f5962a16e8737e08cf59ed84e0cff] net: phy: Fix mask so that we can identify Marvell 
88E1518
git bisect bad 83cfbeb0df9f5962a16e8737e08cf59ed84e0cff
# bad: [9f455bcb34fcab31b0eb8eec5702105c8d4bde18] net: cosmetic: Make the MAC address string less 
magical
git bisect bad 9f455bcb34fcab31b0eb8eec5702105c8d4bde18
# bad: [577aa3b3587193ee078ce83d918604da6ac84dd5] net: macb: Add the clock support
git bisect bad 577aa3b3587193ee078ce83d918604da6ac84dd5
# good: [ebcb40a5a02adc153db949d59e9df9bf0d89b6ec] net: Kconfig: Add CONFIG_MACB option
git bisect good ebcb40a5a02adc153db949d59e9df9bf0d89b6ec
# first bad commit: [577aa3b3587193ee078ce83d918604da6ac84dd5] net: macb: Add the clock support
pollux:u-boot-smartweb hs [(kein Branch, bin?re Suche begonnen bei master)] $

A fast revert of this patch, and u-boot works with ethernet again
on the smartweb board ... any ideas?

bye,
Heiko
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