[PATCH 2/3] ARM: layerscape: add helpful runtime warning when firmware is missing

[Sascha Hauer]

On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 12:32:29PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Firmware compiled into barebox PBL is rarely optional, so even if
> CONFIG_MISSING_FIRMWARE_ERROR is disabled, barebox will not generate
> images with missing PBL firmware.
> 
> We can relax this for firmware compiled into barebox proper though: If
> the user disables CONFIG_MISSING_FIRMWARE_ERROR, just have the driver
> fail at runtime as not to break other boards in the same build that
> don't require the firmware.
> 
> Missing barebox proper firmware will be detectable as a 0-byte firmware
> blob in the follow-up commit, so prepare for that by printing an
> informative error message.

I changed the order of the first two patches to what this sentence
suggests.

Sascha

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