Hi On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:29 PM Adam Ford <aford...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 3:16 PM Fabio Estevam <feste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 4:53 PM Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi > > <mich...@amarulasolutions.com> wrote: > > > > >> Set CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE=y and rebuild. It will likely boot. > > > > > > > > > That code should be dropped because it's really buggy. We already sent > > > several patches. I prefer some registered mechanism and not those board, > > > arch etc function definition. > > > > Just to confirm: you are saying adding CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE=y is not > > an acceptable solution and that a > > a better solution needs to be implemented, correct? > > > > Care to point to previous patches that were sent to address this issue? > > This problem is the code in arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c: > > #if defined(CONFIG_IMX8MN) || defined(CONFIG_IMX8MP) > struct rom_api *g_rom_api = (struct rom_api *)0x980; > > enum boot_device get_boot_device(void) > <snip> > > get_boot_device() assumes that all users want the environmental > variables to be stored in a different location depending on the boot > device. When booting from USB, none of the environmental variable > locations are given, so nowhere is the only option. > > There is another issue where some people want their environmental > variables in the same place all the time regardless of what the boot > device was. This code also breaks that functionality. > For some reason it's only applied to 8MN and 8MP, so only their > environment settings are affected and not 8MQ or 8MM. > > When I build, I just delete the function, so my environment is where I > want it. It's far from ideal, but there doesn't seem to be consensus. >
This was the code posted to address it https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg430587.html If I remember Michael > adam > > > > > Thanks -- Michael Nazzareno Trimarchi Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer M. +39 347 913 2170 mich...@amarulasolutions.com __________________________________ Amarula Solutions BV Joop Geesinkweg 125, 1114 AB, Amsterdam, NL T. +31 (0)85 111 9172 i...@amarulasolutions.com www.amarulasolutions.com
