On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 1:04 AM Dhruva Gole <d-g...@ti.com> wrote: > > Robert, > > On Jun 13, 2024 at 16:51:24 -0500, Robert Nelson wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 4:47 PM Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 3:06 AM Dhruva Gole <d-g...@ti.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > The Kernel Image and DTB files are supposed to be picked from the rootfs > > > > of the SD Card, this fails in legacy boot flow because bootpart is set > > > > to 1:1. Fix it. > > > > > > and where is that rule defined? > > > > > > Production boards ship with Kernel Image and DTB's in the 1st fat > > > partition.. > > > > Besides, u-boot should scan for extlinux.conf on "any" partition. > > I can see where you come from, and I agree on the above points when it > comes to stdboot. > However when a user wishes to use legacy boot, and in the case there > isn't extlinux.conf in such a case u-boot will rely on information in > the env file (please correct me if my understanding is wrong). > > The env file says: > bootdir=/boot > > Thus u-boot ends up looking for Image and dtb in /boot/Image under BOOT > partition, and ultimately fails, because the /boot/Image path is > generally found inside the root partition ie. 1:2 > > The idea of this patch is to keep support for such legacy boot alive, if > you feel there's another way to do this feel free to suggest.
For BeagleBoard.org we never used the legacy boot path on this target (or BeagleBone-AI64), this was put in place mostly for TI's u-boot scripts. ;) Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/
