[PATCH 1/2] omap: Remove OMAP_GPMC prompt and usage.

[Belisko Marek]

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Premi, Sanjeev <premi at ti.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sascha Hauer [mailto:s.hauer at pengutronix.de]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:22 PM
>> To: Premi, Sanjeev
>> Cc: Belisko Marek; barebox at lists.infradead.org
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] omap: Remove OMAP_GPMC prompt and usage.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 11:05:20AM +0000, Premi, Sanjeev wrote:
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Belisko Marek [mailto:marek.belisko at gmail.com]
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 3:46 PM
>> > > To: Premi, Sanjeev
>> > > Cc: barebox at lists.infradead.org
>> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] omap: Remove OMAP_GPMC prompt and usage.
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Premi, Sanjeev
>> <premi at ti.com> wrote:
>> > > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > > >> From: barebox-bounces at lists.infradead.org
>> > > >> [mailto:barebox-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of
>> > > >> Marek Belisko
>> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:21 AM
>> > > >> To: barebox at lists.infradead.org
>> > > >> Cc: Marek Belisko
>> > > >> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] omap: Remove OMAP_GPMC prompt and usage.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Build for omap platform by default.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko at open-nandra.com>
>> > > >> ---
>> > > >>  arch/arm/boards/beagle/board.c          |    4 ++--
>> > > >>  arch/arm/boards/omap343xdsp/board.c     |    2 --
>> > > >>  arch/arm/boards/omap3evm/board.c        |    3 +--
>> > > >>  arch/arm/boards/phycard-a-l1/pca-a-l1.c |    3 ---
>> > > >>  arch/arm/configs/panda_xload_defconfig  |    1 -
>> > > >>  arch/arm/configs/phycard_a_l1_defconfig |    1 -
>> > > >>  arch/arm/mach-omap/Kconfig              |   10 ----------
>> > > >>  arch/arm/mach-omap/Makefile             |    3 +--
>> > > >>  drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig                |    1 -
>> > > >>  9 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>> > > >>
>> >
>> > [snip]...[snip]
>> >
>> > > > The config option helps in reducing the extra code
>> being built into
>> > > > the "xload" configurations - where the size matters.
>> > > >
>> > > > Instead of making this change, I suggest you add this in
>> > > the defconfig
>> > > > for pandaboard:
>> > > > CONFIG_OMAP_GPMC=y
>> > > >
>> > > > It is much smaller change.
>>
>> Yes, the change is smaller, but we show an option to the user which
>> he better not changes. It's better to just not ask questions which
>> have only one reasonable answer.
>>
>> > > GPMC is common for omap platform so I don't see a benefit
>> to add user
>> > > possibility to disable it and
>> > > then make his board un-bootable. Solution was proposed by Sascha :
>> > > http://www.spinics.net/lists/u-boot-v2/msg05897.html
>> >
>> > I missed this discussion, but if in the early boot stages we aren't
>> > concerned about the devices on GPMC, then we shouldn't be
>> initializing it.
>>
>> I generally agree, but we are talking about a few writel here, it
>> shouldn't add more than a few bytes to the binary.
>>
>> >
>> > I don't have code in front of me, so can't say whether this is the
>> > case for xload configurations today - but I am assuming this was the
>> > original intent of having this option.
>> >
>> > On OMAP3EVM, GPMC needs to be configured only if NAND and
>> Ethernet are
>> > used. Else, the init can easily be skipped.
>> >
>> > In patch 2/2 you mentioned about the kernel crash.
>> > Can you share the crash log?
>> > (or point me to a post which already has it)
>>
>> The right(tm) fix is probably to fix this in the Kernel to not depend
>> on the bootloader.
>
> Agree.
Well I can send patch for kernel but not sure what should be changed ;).
Could anybody do this or give me a hint about solution?
Thanks.
>
>>
>> Sascha
>>
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