boot fail imx6q-apalis-ixora-v1.1 with imx_v6_v7_defconfig

[Marcel Ziswiler]

Hi Nobuhiro

On Tue, 2021-05-18 at 15:25 +0900, Nobuhiro Iwamatsu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using imx6q-apalis-ixora [0][1] and noticed that the kernel built with imx_v6_v7_defconfig[2]
> does not boot. Nothing is displayed after "Starting kernel" when booting from the boot loader.
> Do you know if there is a problem in other boards?

I am not aware of any such issue.

As a matter of fact, I just tried today's linux-next with your exact configuration and it works for me without
any issue (well, at least it boots fine). See console log [3].

> I used git bisect to look for problematic commits. The result is as follows.
> 
> [c8fa942bd3fbd5b05351aff04649064f5d59f0d2] arm64: defconfig: Build in CONFIG_GPIO_MXC by default
> 
> It boots by removing CONFIG_GPIO_MXC, but this setting seems to be another problem as it is required
> not only for this hardware, but also for the i.MX series with armv6 and 7.

As mentioned above, that does not ring any bell.

> Do you have a information about this issue?

No, sorry.

> Best regards,
>   Nobuhiro
> 
> [0]: https://www.toradex.com/products/nxp-freescale-imx-6
> [1]: 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-apalis-ixora-v1.1.dts
> [2]: 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig

[3] https://share.toradex.com/9xubz5xmtg5tsyr

Cheers

Marcel