On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 04:16:11PM +0200, Svyatoslav wrote:
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> 25 січня 2024 р. 16:12:36 GMT+02:00, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> 
> написав(-ла):
> >On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 08:51:09AM +0200, Svyatoslav wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 25 січня 2024 р. 08:29:54 GMT+02:00, Dan Carpenter 
> >> <dan.carpen...@linaro.org> написав(-ла):
> >> >On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:27:30PM +0200, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> >> >> Currently, if boot with extlinux.conf and do not set the fdt
> >> >> U-Boot will provide its own device tree. This behavior is
> >> >> beneficial if the U-Boot device tree is in sync with Linux,
> >> >> but it totally halts the booting of pre-dtb kernels (3.4 for
> >> >> example) since it uses ATAGs. To fix this, pass `-` in the
> >> >> fdt extlinux field as a signal that no tree should be used.
> >> >
> >> >Passing - doesn't seem like the most intuitive thing...  Is there a
> >> >different argument we could use?
> >> >
> >> 
> >> I agree that `-` is not the most intuitive argument,
> >> but this is a way to implement a fix with the least
> >> code posssible. To make this less obscure I have
> >> adjusted documentation. 
> >
> >It's also how historically we do similar things. eg, "bootm
> >$kernel_addr_r - $fdt_addr_r". My question is can we re-work this,
> >cleanly, with guards around SUPPORT_PASSING_ATAGS to not increase size
> >anywhere that doesn't need this legacy case.
> >
> 
> Which behavior you propose?

Well, using the IS_ENABLED macro with the new tests around "-".

-- 
Tom

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