[PATCH 00/10] Rework towards phytec-som-imx6 and new variants

[Sascha Hauer]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 01:09:20PM +0100, Stefan Christ wrote:
> Hi Sascha,
> 
> > > the patchstack first refactors the phyCARD-i.MX6 and phyFLEX-i.MX6 to a common
> > > phytec-som-imx6. Then some phyFLEX-i.MX6 variants and the new phyCORE-i.MX6 are
> > > added plus some environment updates and one image rename patch.
> > >
> >
> > The Phytec i.MX6 boards all have an EEPROM, right?
> 
> No, it's possible to get a board without an EEPROM and we have some of them
> lying around here.
> 
> > Does it have the memory setup encoded somewhere?
> 
> So no, the memory is not encoded anywhere on the module.
> 
> > It gets increasingly hard picking the right image for the Phytec boards.
> 
> Yeah. We are discussing some solutions for that like GPIOs, EEPROM or EFuses,
> but nothing has emerged from that and they are only viable for new products.

Yeah, I think it's worth solving this issue somehow, it would make using
the Phytec boards a lot easier, even if it's only for new products.

Sascha


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