[U-Boot] [PATCH 12/26 v2][NEXT] ARM: add relocation support

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4C953EC4.2090604@free.fr> you wrote:
> 
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F)
> > +	board_early_init_f,
> > +#endif
> > +	timer_init,		/* initialize timer */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC
> > +	get_clocks,
> > +#endif
> > +	env_init,		/* initialize environment */
> > +	init_baudrate,		/* initialze baudrate settings */
> > +	serial_init,		/* serial communications setup */
> > +	console_init_f,		/* stage 1 init of console */
> > +	display_banner,		/* say that we are here */
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO)
> > +	print_cpuinfo,		/* display cpu info (and speed) */
> > +#endif
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO)
> > +	checkboard,		/* display board info */
> > +#endif
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_HARD_I2C) || defined(CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
> > +	init_func_i2c,
> > +#endif
> > +	dram_init,		/* configure available RAM banks */
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_PCI) || defined (CONFIG_PCI)
> > +	arm_pci_init,
> > +#endif
> > +	NULL,
> > +};
>
> Are all these inits really required at board_init_f stage? I understand

Good question...

> initializing the console in order to print out diagnostic and error
> messages before RAM is initialized, and I understand initializing RAM of
> course, but are I2C or PCI init needed before relocation? Can't they
> wait until board_init_r?

I2C may be needed for example if you have the environment stored in a
I2C EEPROM - but then this is needed before init_baudrate ...

CONFIG_PCI - I don't think this is used at all by any ARM board yet.


My understanding is that Heiko might be preparing arch/arm/lib/board.c
for merging with arch/powerpc/lib/board.c ...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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