Dear Simon, In message <capnjgz2prhue3htw__maybrma3ofz3p1k9d49rzatur9g5x...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > The duplication existed before generic board (i.e. each arch had its own > baudrate in global_data). I believe the reason for it being in bd_t is that > it can be passed to the kernel in that structure on some archs. So removing > it there may break some boards.
Correct. In some (really old) kernel versions this was the way to pass this information to the kernel, so we neede dit there. > I suspect the reason it is in global_data is that the bd_t structure > doesn't exist until some time after the console is started up, so it > wouldn't be possible to do serial output otherwise. Also correct. Thanks! Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de Always borrow money from a pessimist; they don't expect to be paid back. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
