Hi, On 17.04.25 16:16, Tom Rini wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 06:30:13AM -0500, Nishanth Menon wrote: >>>> I dont see a specific value here. U-boot just works. For folks who want >>>> direct TFA to kernel jump (which is a niche fast boot usecase), go ahead >>>> and use TFA with the mentioned build option. >>> >> >> IMHO, there is a simpler alternate solution - build TFA, dtb etc in the >> model of your desire. let us leave the defaults be. >> >> I will let Tom and other U-boot maintainers make their choice, as TFA >> maintainer, I have already rejected the approach. it is already >> PRELOADED_BL33_BASE ?= 0x80080000 which allows for override at build >> time instead of all the massive rework and downstream ecosystem impact. > > Thanks Nishanth. As you point out, all of the relevant projects need to > stay in sync for this to be useful and I agree with your position so > this is nak'd here too.
The i.MX folks also did some switcheroos with the TF-A load address (BL31 though [1]) and at least in barebox (running as BL2), it ended up wasting a lot of time of everyone involved that could have been put to more productive use. So thanks Nishanth and Tom for saving AM6x users from the same hassle. [1]: https://github.com/barebox/barebox/commit/199aabdc7 Cheers, Ahmad -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
