Dear Graeme Russ,

In message <aanlktikh3o9gzwsueakn-bk+8iahueryk2il+ezzz...@mail.gmail.com> you 
wrote:
>
> I agree, but you can't print the address before you have console output. I
> notice that console_init_f() can be up to 13th in the list of initialisation
> functions - How often is that the case? There seems to be a lot of SDRAM
> initialisation prior to getting console output which, to me, seems a little

No, this is only on broken system that don't play by the rules.  See
http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/U-Boot/DesignPrinciples#6_Keep_it_Debuggable

Board / architecture maintainers that ignore the design principles
deserve some punishment ;-)

> I don't think it will be long before board_init_f() gets unified into common
> code and I would hate to see this uglyness spread to all arches.

Full ACK.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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