[meta-freescale] [meta-fsl-arm-extra][PATCH 3/8] Add a machine configuration for cfa-10037

[Otavio Salvador]

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Alexandre Belloni
<alexandre.belloni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> On 06/09/2013 14:10, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Daiane Angolini
>> <daiane.angolini at freescale.com> wrote:
>>> On 09/05/2013 06:21 PM, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
>>>> The cfa-10037 is a breakout board for the cfa-10036.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni at free-electrons.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>   conf/machine/cfa10037.conf | 9 +++++++++
>>>>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>>>   create mode 100644 conf/machine/cfa10037.conf
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/conf/machine/cfa10037.conf b/conf/machine/cfa10037.conf
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..7dbdd55
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/conf/machine/cfa10037.conf
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
>>>> +#@TYPE: Machine
>>>> +#@NAME: Crystalfontz CFA-10037
>>>> +#@SOC: i.MX28
>>>> +#@DESCRIPTION: Machine configuration for CFA-10037
>>>> +
>>>> +include conf/machine/include/cfa10036.inc
>>>> +
>>>> +KERNEL_DEVICETREE += "imx28-cfa10037.dtb"
>>> oh, you need both devicetree files....
>> Really? I think it is not loading both. Alexandre, can you comment on this?
>>
> Sure, you are right, it is only loading one. But in the case the eeprom
> is not yet written, you may end up with barebox trying to use the
> cfa-10036 DT. Hence, I'm letting that DT so that you can still boot. You
> may also detach the cfa-10036 from the peripheral board and so end up
> booting only on the cfa-10036.
>
> I did the same for cfa-10055 and cfa-10056 which are actually cfa-10037
> with an attached touchscreen. If you ever want to remove it, you
> probably want to still be able to boot it.
>
> Actually, I was wondering whether it wouldn't be better to simply always
> include all the DTs.

Personally I disagree with this approach. We are not working with PC
so people are expected to know what they're doing and choose the right
board.

I will let you to decide on this as I am clueless about the boards and
you're the maintainer of these. So in the end it is your call.

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