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20 Jan, 2011

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  • There are several users of the hwconfig APIs (8xxx DDR) before we have
    the environment properly setup. This causes issues because of the
    numerous ways the environment might be accessed because of the
    non-volatile memory it might be stored in. Additionally the access
    might be so early that memory isn't even properly setup for us.

    Towards resolving these issues we provide versions of all the hwconfig
    APIs that can be passed in a buffer to parse and leave it to the caller
    to determine how to allocate and populate the buffer.

    We use the _f naming convention for these new APIs even though they are
    perfectly useable after relocation and the environment being ready.

    We also now warn if the non-f APIs are called before the environment is
    ready to allow users to address the issues.

    Finally, we convert the 8xxx DDR code to utilize the new APIs to
    hopefully address the issue once and for all. We have the 8xxx DDR code
    create a buffer on the stack and populate it via getenv_f().

    Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala
    Acked-by: Wolfgang Denk

    Kumar Gala
     

17 Jul, 2009

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  • This patch implements simple hwconfig infrastructure: an
    interface for software knobs to control a hardware.

    This is very simple implementation, i.e. it is implemented
    via `hwconfig' environment variable. Later we could write
    some "hwconfig " commands, ncurses
    interface for Award BIOS-like interface, and frame-buffer
    interface for AMI GUI[1] BIOS-like interface with mouse
    support[2].

    Current implementation details/limitations:

    1. Doesn't support options dependencies and mutual exclusion.
    We can implement this by integrating apt-get[3] into the
    u-boot. But I didn't bother yet.

    2. Since we don't implement hwconfig command, i.e. we're working
    with the environement directly, there is no way to tell that
    toggling a particular option will need a reboot to take
    an effect. So, for now it's advised to always reboot the
    target after modifying hwconfig variable.

    3. We support hwconfig options with arguments. For example,

    set hwconfig dr_usb:mode=peripheral,phy_type=ulpi

    That means:
    - dr_usb - enable Dual-Role USB controller;
    - dr_usb:mode=peripheral - USB in Function mode;
    - dr_usb:phy_type=ulpi - USB should work with ULPI PHYs;

    The purpose of this simple implementation is to define some
    internal API and then we can continue improving user experience
    by adding more mature interface, like hwconfig command with
    bells and whistles. Or not adding, if we feel that current
    interface fits its needs.

    [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Megatrends
    [2] Regarding ncurses and GUI with mouse support -- I'm just
    kidding.
    [3] The comment regarding apt-get is also a joke, meaning that
    dependency tracking could be non-trivial. For example, for
    enabling HW feature X we may need to disable Y, and turn Z
    into reduced mode (like RMII-only interface for ethernet,
    no MII).

    It's quite trivial to implement simple cases though.

    Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov
    Acked-by: Kim Phillips

    Anton Vorontsov