request for i.MX8MM Venice test

request for i.MX8MM Venice test

[Marek Behun]

[sorry for the spam, I accidentally sent this e-mail from my personal
address]

Hello Tim,

you are listed as maintainer of i.MX8MM Venice board in U-Boot.

I am currently working on LTO support for U-Boot, and I have
encountered a problem with i.MX8MM Venice board:
when LTO is enabled, the linking process for SPL does not throw away
relocation information, making the resulting SPL image too big for that
board.

I have added a patch that discards symbols from .rela* section to my
patch series, but I would like you to test whether the patch series
works for your board and does not break anything.

Could you please clone https://github.com/elkablo/u-boot branch lto,
build for imx8mm_venice_defconfig and test whether it boots on your
board and maybe test some U-Boot commands (disk reads, kernel
booting, ...)? If it does not work, could you also please check with
current U-Boot master, to see if it got broken with my patches or with
something different?

Thank you.

Marek

request for i.MX8MM Venice test

[Tim Harvey]

On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:10 PM Marek Behun <marek.behun@nic.cz> wrote:
>
> [sorry for the spam, I accidentally sent this e-mail from my personal
> address]
>
> Hello Tim,
>
> you are listed as maintainer of i.MX8MM Venice board in U-Boot.
>
> I am currently working on LTO support for U-Boot, and I have
> encountered a problem with i.MX8MM Venice board:
> when LTO is enabled, the linking process for SPL does not throw away
> relocation information, making the resulting SPL image too big for that
> board.
>
> I have added a patch that discards symbols from .rela* section to my
> patch series, but I would like you to test whether the patch series
> works for your board and does not break anything.
>
> Could you please clone https://github.com/elkablo/u-boot branch lto,
> build for imx8mm_venice_defconfig and test whether it boots on your
> board and maybe test some U-Boot commands (disk reads, kernel
> booting, ...)? If it does not work, could you also please check with
> current U-Boot master, to see if it got broken with my patches or with
> something different?
>

Marek,

Your lto branch does not boot - I don't get anything after the SPL
banner. U-Boot master shows the same problem so some regression has
taken place.

There should be several other IMX8 boards using SPL that show the same
issue I would think?

I will have to bisect to find the breakage.

Best regards,

Tim

request for i.MX8MM Venice test

[Tim Harvey]

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:47 AM Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:10 PM Marek Behun <marek.behun@nic.cz> wrote:
> >
> > [sorry for the spam, I accidentally sent this e-mail from my personal
> > address]
> >
> > Hello Tim,
> >
> > you are listed as maintainer of i.MX8MM Venice board in U-Boot.
> >
> > I am currently working on LTO support for U-Boot, and I have
> > encountered a problem with i.MX8MM Venice board:
> > when LTO is enabled, the linking process for SPL does not throw away
> > relocation information, making the resulting SPL image too big for that
> > board.
> >
> > I have added a patch that discards symbols from .rela* section to my
> > patch series, but I would like you to test whether the patch series
> > works for your board and does not break anything.
> >
> > Could you please clone https://github.com/elkablo/u-boot branch lto,
> > build for imx8mm_venice_defconfig and test whether it boots on your
> > board and maybe test some U-Boot commands (disk reads, kernel
> > booting, ...)? If it does not work, could you also please check with
> > current U-Boot master, to see if it got broken with my patches or with
> > something different?
> >
>
> Marek,
>
> Your lto branch does not boot - I don't get anything after the SPL
> banner. U-Boot master shows the same problem so some regression has
> taken place.
>
> There should be several other IMX8 boards using SPL that show the same
> issue I would think?
>
> I will have to bisect to find the breakage.
>

Marek,

My testing may be flawed as I'm having issues with even the branches I
submitted to add my board (which I previously tested without issues).
I'm not sure if I'm having a compiler related issue or something else.

Perhaps there is another IMX8 SPL user out there that can test with
your patches while I figure out what's wrong on my end?

Tim

request for i.MX8MM Venice test

[Adam Ford]

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 2:35 PM Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:47 AM Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:10 PM Marek Behun <marek.behun@nic.cz> wrote:
> > >
> > > [sorry for the spam, I accidentally sent this e-mail from my personal
> > > address]
> > >
> > > Hello Tim,
> > >
> > > you are listed as maintainer of i.MX8MM Venice board in U-Boot.
> > >
> > > I am currently working on LTO support for U-Boot, and I have
> > > encountered a problem with i.MX8MM Venice board:
> > > when LTO is enabled, the linking process for SPL does not throw away
> > > relocation information, making the resulting SPL image too big for that
> > > board.
> > >
> > > I have added a patch that discards symbols from .rela* section to my
> > > patch series, but I would like you to test whether the patch series
> > > works for your board and does not break anything.
> > >
> > > Could you please clone https://github.com/elkablo/u-boot branch lto,
> > > build for imx8mm_venice_defconfig and test whether it boots on your
> > > board and maybe test some U-Boot commands (disk reads, kernel
> > > booting, ...)? If it does not work, could you also please check with
> > > current U-Boot master, to see if it got broken with my patches or with
> > > something different?
> > >
> >
> > Marek,
> >
> > Your lto branch does not boot - I don't get anything after the SPL
> > banner. U-Boot master shows the same problem so some regression has
> > taken place.
> >
> > There should be several other IMX8 boards using SPL that show the same
> > issue I would think?
> >
> > I will have to bisect to find the breakage.
> >
>
> Marek,
>
> My testing may be flawed as I'm having issues with even the branches I
> submitted to add my board (which I previously tested without issues).
> I'm not sure if I'm having a compiler related issue or something else.
>
> Perhaps there is another IMX8 SPL user out there that can test with
> your patches while I figure out what's wrong on my end?

I have tested and booted an i.MX8M Nano with a slightly older revision
of Marek's git repo. I wrongly assumed that the Mini and Nano were
close enough to not warrant testing on the mini, but based on what I'm
hearing, I will test the Beacon i.mx8mm board.   I can try to do that
sometime later this week.

adam

>
> Tim

request for i.MX8MM Venice test

[Tim Harvey]

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 12:43 PM Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 2:35 PM Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:47 AM Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:10 PM Marek Behun <marek.behun@nic.cz> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [sorry for the spam, I accidentally sent this e-mail from my personal
> > > > address]
> > > >
> > > > Hello Tim,
> > > >
> > > > you are listed as maintainer of i.MX8MM Venice board in U-Boot.
> > > >
> > > > I am currently working on LTO support for U-Boot, and I have
> > > > encountered a problem with i.MX8MM Venice board:
> > > > when LTO is enabled, the linking process for SPL does not throw away
> > > > relocation information, making the resulting SPL image too big for that
> > > > board.
> > > >
> > > > I have added a patch that discards symbols from .rela* section to my
> > > > patch series, but I would like you to test whether the patch series
> > > > works for your board and does not break anything.
> > > >
> > > > Could you please clone https://github.com/elkablo/u-boot branch lto,
> > > > build for imx8mm_venice_defconfig and test whether it boots on your
> > > > board and maybe test some U-Boot commands (disk reads, kernel
> > > > booting, ...)? If it does not work, could you also please check with
> > > > current U-Boot master, to see if it got broken with my patches or with
> > > > something different?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Marek,
> > >
> > > Your lto branch does not boot - I don't get anything after the SPL
> > > banner. U-Boot master shows the same problem so some regression has
> > > taken place.
> > >
> > > There should be several other IMX8 boards using SPL that show the same
> > > issue I would think?
> > >
> > > I will have to bisect to find the breakage.
> > >
> >
> > Marek,
> >
> > My testing may be flawed as I'm having issues with even the branches I
> > submitted to add my board (which I previously tested without issues).
> > I'm not sure if I'm having a compiler related issue or something else.
> >
> > Perhaps there is another IMX8 SPL user out there that can test with
> > your patches while I figure out what's wrong on my end?
>
> I have tested and booted an i.MX8M Nano with a slightly older revision
> of Marek's git repo. I wrongly assumed that the Mini and Nano were
> close enough to not warrant testing on the mini, but based on what I'm
> hearing, I will test the Beacon i.mx8mm board.   I can try to do that
> sometime later this week.
>

Marek / Adam,

I found the issues with my board, got them resolved, and was able to
test the lto branch and it appears to work just fine with
imx8mm-venice SPL.

Best regards,

Tim

request for i.MX8MM Venice test

[Adam Ford]

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 3:57 PM Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 12:43 PM Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 2:35 PM Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:47 AM Tim Harvey <tharvey@gateworks.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 6:10 PM Marek Behun <marek.behun@nic.cz> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [sorry for the spam, I accidentally sent this e-mail from my personal
> > > > > address]
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello Tim,
> > > > >
> > > > > you are listed as maintainer of i.MX8MM Venice board in U-Boot.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am currently working on LTO support for U-Boot, and I have
> > > > > encountered a problem with i.MX8MM Venice board:
> > > > > when LTO is enabled, the linking process for SPL does not throw away
> > > > > relocation information, making the resulting SPL image too big for that
> > > > > board.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have added a patch that discards symbols from .rela* section to my
> > > > > patch series, but I would like you to test whether the patch series
> > > > > works for your board and does not break anything.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could you please clone https://github.com/elkablo/u-boot branch lto,
> > > > > build for imx8mm_venice_defconfig and test whether it boots on your
> > > > > board and maybe test some U-Boot commands (disk reads, kernel
> > > > > booting, ...)? If it does not work, could you also please check with
> > > > > current U-Boot master, to see if it got broken with my patches or with
> > > > > something different?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Marek,
> > > >
> > > > Your lto branch does not boot - I don't get anything after the SPL
> > > > banner. U-Boot master shows the same problem so some regression has
> > > > taken place.
> > > >
> > > > There should be several other IMX8 boards using SPL that show the same
> > > > issue I would think?
> > > >
> > > > I will have to bisect to find the breakage.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Marek,
> > >
> > > My testing may be flawed as I'm having issues with even the branches I
> > > submitted to add my board (which I previously tested without issues).
> > > I'm not sure if I'm having a compiler related issue or something else.
> > >
> > > Perhaps there is another IMX8 SPL user out there that can test with
> > > your patches while I figure out what's wrong on my end?
> >
> > I have tested and booted an i.MX8M Nano with a slightly older revision
> > of Marek's git repo. I wrongly assumed that the Mini and Nano were
> > close enough to not warrant testing on the mini, but based on what I'm
> > hearing, I will test the Beacon i.mx8mm board.   I can try to do that
> > sometime later this week.
> >
>
> Marek / Adam,
>
> I found the issues with my board, got them resolved, and was able to
> test the lto branch and it appears to work just fine with
> imx8mm-venice SPL.

Tim,

That's good news.

Marek,

Go ahead and add imx8mm_beacon to the list of tested devices as well.

adam
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tim

request for i.MX8MM Venice test

[Marek Behun]

Hello Tim,

you are listed as maintainer of i.MX8MM Venice board in U-Boot.

I am currently working on LTO support for U-Boot, and I have
encountered a problem with i.MX8MM Venice board:
when LTO is enabled, the linking process for SPL does not throw away
relocation information, making the resulting SPL image too big for that
board.

I have added a patch that discards symbols from .rela* section to my
patch series, but I would like you to test whether the patch series
works for your board and does not break anything.

Could you please clone https://github.com/elkablo/u-boot branch lto,
build for imx8mm_venice_defconfig and test whether it boots on your
board and maybe test some U-Boot commands (disk reads, kernel
booting, ...)? If it does not work, could you also please check with
current U-Boot master, to see if it got broken with my patches or with
something different?

Thank you.

Marek