On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 7:22 PM, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 06:58:19PM +0300, Grazvydas Ignotas wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:43 PM, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 07:45:16AM -0500, Adam Ford wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 6:21 AM Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 07:28:11AM -0500, Adam Ford wrote: >> >> > >> >> Wasn't there a requirement that we need to move all boards to support >> >> CONFIG_DM at one point? >> > >> > Yes, things should get moved to DM. So, adding the omap3_pandora listed >> > maintainer to the email. >> >> I'm sorry I haven't been following u-boot development for some years, >> what exactly needs to be done here? >> I've tried enabling CONFIG_DM_SERIAL, but then the board only prints >> some garbage and resets. Without changes current u-boot built from git >> boots fine. >> >> Note that the device is old and only pre- device tree kernels are >> shipped and officially supported. However the mainline kernel still >> has incomplete board support (including device tree) for those wanting >> to use it. > > So over in U-Boot, we're moving towards the point where having some > device tree that describes the board will be a lot easier than not in > terms of continuing to support the board. So, there's a few ways to > look at things: > - If you take a look at 0d43fded20e3 you can see how omap3_evm was > updated to use DM_SERIAL and a bunch of other modern things. > - You can also just say that it's time to retire omap3_pandora from > mainline U-Boot and that v2018.09 (or v2018.11, but I don't want to > wait too long) is the last release with support for the platform. > - See if there's anyone else you know that would like to pick up and > maintain the board and make the kind of changes that were made to > omap3_evm.
Thanks for the info. I've sent a patch, I hope it is sufficient. GraÅžvydas _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
