Hello Pali, On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 10:08 AM Pali Rohár <p...@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Friday 13 August 2021 01:39:37 Luka Kovacic wrote: > > Add the loadaddr U-Boot environment variable, as this is available in > > the stock Marvell U-Boot by default on Marvell Armada A37XX platforms. > > Hello Luka! Why is this change needed? Reason that it is in historic > vendor U-Boot does not mean that it has to be also in new mainline > version. > > I have already wrote some reasons in previous review thread: > https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20210301150505.3iajeeufi7ahsnk3@pali/ > > I think this change was needed when CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR was set to > incorrect value, which is already fixed in mainline U-Boot.
This value is very useful when building custom Linux boot scripts. Yesterday, I booted the board without this patch and there was no loadaddr variable. Do I understand this correctly? Are you saying that the value in the loadaddr variable should be automatically inherited from CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR even without this patch? > > > Signed-off-by: Luka Kovacic <luka.kova...@sartura.hr> > > Cc: Luka Perkov <luka.per...@sartura.hr> > > Cc: Robert Marko <robert.ma...@sartura.hr> > > --- > > include/configs/mvebu_armada-37xx.h | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/include/configs/mvebu_armada-37xx.h > > b/include/configs/mvebu_armada-37xx.h > > index 8e8bcfa018..6901680e32 100644 > > --- a/include/configs/mvebu_armada-37xx.h > > +++ b/include/configs/mvebu_armada-37xx.h > > @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ > > > > /* fdt_addr and kernel_addr are needed for existing distribution boot > > scripts */ > > #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \ > > + "loadaddr=0x6000000\0" \ > > "scriptaddr=0x6d00000\0" \ > > "pxefile_addr_r=0x6e00000\0" \ > > "fdt_addr=0x6f00000\0" \ > > -- > > 2.31.1 > > Kind regards, Luka
