> On Wed Jan 11, 2012 at 02:52:44PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote: > > > > Changing the ecc layout for a single board, hmm not sure. Using a > > > > spl instead does me no harm whatsoever -- I don't need to update > > > > the spl frequently in any case, and then can use the nand driver > > > > as is. > > > > > > And how do you replace the SPL? > > > > > > Either way, I think the correct approach is to allow the driver to > > > handle the SPL update too. > > > > Or rather -- to be able to load u-boot directly. It seems to be more > > correct solution. The SPL you're using is just a workaround and also you > > need to TI flasher to replace it, right ? > > Yes, using the spl is a workaround, and like i mentioned in my > previous mail, i thought having the spl was not a problem on the > hawkboard. I had thought putting a new oob layout in the common > davinci nand driver for a single board to be not a clean fix > either.
Then just allow the driver to be passed different OOB layout and make the current one a default > More so, given the fact that we don't have any control over > rbl -- so if rbl changes it's layout for any subsequent board, we'd > have to add that as well to the nand driver, and both in u-boot as > well as the kernel. > > I guess the cleanest solution would have been for the rbl to have > used the same layout as the one used by u-boot and linux. Yep, why not do that then? > > Btw, can you please review this change, that this patch > fixes. ACK/NAK? I'll think about it. It's ok, but it piles one workaround on top of another one, I don't like that approach. M > > -sughosh _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
