Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-29 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Eric, On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Eric Nelson eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com wrote: Hi Simon, On 07/28/2013 11:09 AM, Simon Glass wrote: Hi Eric, On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eric Nelson eric.nelson@boundarydevices.**com eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-28 Thread Eric Nelson
Hi Simon, On 07/27/2013 12:05 PM, Simon Glass wrote: Hi Eric, On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Eric Nelson eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com mailto:eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com wrote: Thanks for the thoughtful response, Stefano. On 07/26/2013 07:42 AM, Stefano Babic wrote:

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-28 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Eric, On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eric Nelson eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com wrote: Hi Simon, On 07/27/2013 12:05 PM, Simon Glass wrote: Hi Eric, On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Eric Nelson eric.nelson@boundarydevices.**com eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-28 Thread Eric Nelson
Hi Simon, On 07/28/2013 11:09 AM, Simon Glass wrote: Hi Eric, On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Eric Nelson eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com mailto:eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com wrote: On our boards, we store the environment in SPI-NOR, but in a separate 8k block. I presume the

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-27 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Eric, On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Eric Nelson eric.nel...@boundarydevices.com wrote: Thanks for the thoughtful response, Stefano. On 07/26/2013 07:42 AM, Stefano Babic wrote: Hi Eric, On 26/07/2013 16:04, Eric Nelson wrote: The real question we have regarding DT is the

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Anatolij Gustschin
Hello Robert, On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:21:10 -0700 Robert Winkler robert.wink...@boundarydevices.com wrote: Hello all, We're trying to figure out how best to get rid of static code like this:

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Stefano Babic
Hi Robert, Anatolji, On 26/07/2013 09:50, Anatolij Gustschin wrote: I realize that there's already the FDT and CONFIG_OF_CONTROL functionality and device trees sort of cover the passing to Linux part so maybe before handing it off, converting the relevant data into a device tree that Linux

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Eric Nelson
Thanks Anatolij, On 07/26/2013 12:50 AM, Anatolij Gustschin wrote: Hello Robert, On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:21:10 -0700 Robert Winkler robert.wink...@boundarydevices.com wrote: Hello all, We're trying to figure out how best to get rid of static code like this:

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Eric Nelson
Hi Stefano, On 07/26/2013 01:43 AM, Stefano Babic wrote: Hi Robert, Anatolji, On 26/07/2013 09:50, Anatolij Gustschin wrote: I realize that there's already the FDT and CONFIG_OF_CONTROL functionality and device trees sort of cover the passing to Linux part so maybe before handing it off,

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Stefano Babic
Hi Eric, On 26/07/2013 16:04, Eric Nelson wrote: The real question we have regarding DT is the timing. We're shipping DT files on secondary storage (SATA/SD card), and want/need something local (i.e. env in SPI-NOR) to present a U/I if either no storage available or if something goes

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Stephen Warren
On 07/26/2013 08:42 AM, Stefano Babic wrote: On 26/07/2013 16:04, Eric Nelson wrote: The real question we have regarding DT is the timing. We're shipping DT files on secondary storage (SATA/SD card), and want/need something local (i.e. env in SPI-NOR) to present a U/I if either no storage

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Eric Nelson
Thanks Stephen, On 07/26/2013 07:49 AM, Stephen Warren wrote: On 07/26/2013 08:42 AM, Stefano Babic wrote: On 26/07/2013 16:04, Eric Nelson wrote: The real question we have regarding DT is the timing. We're shipping DT files on secondary storage (SATA/SD card), and want/need something local

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Eric Nelson
Thanks for the thoughtful response, Stefano. On 07/26/2013 07:42 AM, Stefano Babic wrote: Hi Eric, On 26/07/2013 16:04, Eric Nelson wrote: The real question we have regarding DT is the timing. We're shipping DT files on secondary storage (SATA/SD card), and want/need something local (i.e.

Re: [U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-26 Thread Troy Kisky
On 7/26/2013 5:42 PM, Eric Nelson wrote: AFAIK, the 3.5.7 kernels from Freescale will still require kernel command lines for display configuration, so we may not have a firm target. I just booted 3 displays on 3.5.7 without a video= on the command line. So, device tree can do what the command

[U-Boot] [RFC] Remove static display data

2013-07-25 Thread Robert Winkler
Hello all, We're trying to figure out how best to get rid of static code like this: http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=blob;f=board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6x.c;h=8f0f9b8de2e8e77fcbf477728ea063a213941dd0;hb=HEAD#l526 and turn it into run time data. Our idea is to use an environment