Hi Wolfgang, On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > Dear Simon Glass, > > In message > <CAPnjgZ1u8paSeKxozWz1D5YoJaJ2um_q0dWQo=k5_+hedkh...@mail.gmail.com> you > wrote: >> >> >> OK, so revert that commit? >> > >> > It hasn't hit mainline yet, or has it? >> >> Yes, it is there, sorry. > > Which commit is that?
It was 295d3942: Add board_pre_console_putc to deal with early console output The discussion threads are around here: http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2011-August/099620.html If you are looking for a revert :-) http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/147617/ > >> > This is why initializing the serial console has always been one of the >> > very, very first initialization steps in U-Boot. >> >> So if actually you want a pre-console panic() to be silent then that's fine. > > I do not _want_ it. > > This is a simple matter of facts that cannot be avoided. If we cannot > initialize the consolem then we cannot print anything. > >> It's a little unfriendly though - so would you be interested in >> keeping board_pre_console_putc() around if we could solve this >> entirely with code in there? It turns out that Tegra has a setting for >> console UART in the hardware parameters that we can access.( I won't >> ask you about how to handle a panic() in SPL yet). > > If you can initialize the console in a way that allows sending > characters, then just do this - do this as part of the recular > fconsole init code, so we do have a working console, and we do not > need ay "pre-console" stuff. > OK, let's leave it for now, I don't see a way of achieving this in the case of an early panic. Regards, Simon > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it > frankly and try another. But above all, try something. > - Franklin D. Roosevelt _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
