[PATCH 17/19] bootwrapper: compatibility layer for old U-Boots (a.k.a. cuImage, cuboot)

[Kumar Gala]

On Mar 13, 2007, at 2:01 PM, Scott Wood wrote:

> Kumar Gala wrote:
>> On Mar 13, 2007, at 1:16 PM, Scott Wood wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 04:07:57PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>>>> Why is linux,stdout-path needed by cuboot?
>>>
>>> It's used by serial.c to find the console, and the kernel  
>>> requires  it as
>>> well.  There's no information in the bd_t that would allow the
>>> bootwrapper to generate this, so it has to come from the device  
>>> tree.
>>>
>>> The only reason it's not required with dt-enabled u-boot is that  
>>> u- boot
>>> has it hardcoded in the board's config file.
>> I don't think we should put this into the .dts but, have code in  
>> the  wrapper that handles it.
>
> How?  Any means I can think of would be uglier, more complex, and/ 
> or put information in the bootwrapper that it shouldn't have.
>
> I think it belongs in the dts, anyway...  The default serial port  
> is more a property of the board than a configuration issue  
> (although it has aspects of both).  Any bootloader that wants to  
> set a non-default serial port is welcome to overwrite the property.

I'll buy that, I forget that the dts is suppose to be board specific :)

Did this really work for 8560 and CPM based uarts?

- k