[U-Boot] CONFIG_OF_EMBED

[Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>]

HI Dalon,

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 10:32, Dalon L Westergreen
<dalon.westergreen@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2019-03-22 at 10:11 +0800, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 05:37, Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> wrote:
> > > On 3/21/19 5:37 PM, Dalon L Westergreen wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2019-03-21 at 16:48 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > On 3/21/19 3:33 PM, Dalon L Westergreen wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, 2019-03-21 at 03:30 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > > > On 3/20/19 9:24 PM, Dalon L Westergreen wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wed, 2019-03-20 at 19:37 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On 3/20/19 6:28 PM, Dalon L Westergreen wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Hey Marek,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > A while ago, when adding the hex output required for
> > > > > > > > > > stratix10, I
> > > > > > > > > > enabled
> > > > > > > > > > CONFIG_OF_EMBED so that the spl elf included the dtb.  This
> > > > > > > > > > avoided
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > change-address option when using objcopy to convert the u-
> > > > > > > > > > boot-spl-
> > > > > > > > > > dtb.bin
> > > > > > > > > > into
> > > > > > > > > > a hex file with the correct address as required by the quartus
> > > > > > > > > > tools.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > In any case, there is now a warning that CONFIG_OF_EMBED
> > > > > > > > > > should only
> > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > used
> > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > development and debug.  I am wondering how best to resolve
> > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > issue,
> > > > > > > > > > should i
> > > > > > > > > > revert back to using objcopy with the u-boot-spl-dtb.bin, is
> > > > > > > > > > there a
> > > > > > > > > > way
> > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > > CONFIG_OF_EMBED only apply to SPL?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE is what you want.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I dont think this is what i want exactly.  I was thinking of this.
> > > > > > > > From 82c1d1bc6092ce40f33a04f2bc7713b0143e30a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
> > > > > > > > 2001
> > > > > > > > From: Dalon Westergreen <dalon.westergreen@intel.com>
> > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:21:20 -0700
> > > > > > > > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Makefile: Add target to generate hex output
> > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > combined
> > > > > > > >  spl and dtb
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Some architectures, Stratix10, require a hex formatted spl that
> > > > > > > > combines
> > > > > > > > the spl image and dtb.  This adds a target to create said hex file
> > > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > and offset of SPL_TEXT_BASE.
> >
> > I don't really follow this thread, but you should not use
> > CONFIG_OF_EMBED. If there is a problem with setting up the image with
> > CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE, we should discuss it.
> >
> > - Simon
>
> Simon,
>
> Did you see my patches following this email?  They resolve the issues with S10
> around CONFIG_OF_EMBED.


No, or at least not yet. But that's good, thank you.

Regards,
Simon

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