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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | board/sandbox/README.sandbox | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.fdt-control | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.generic-board | 69 |
5 files changed, 8 insertions, 94 deletions
@@ -801,13 +801,6 @@ quiet_cmd_pad_cat = CAT $@ cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || rm -f $@ all: $(ALL-y) -ifneq ($(CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD),y) - @echo "===================== WARNING ======================" - @echo "Please convert this board to generic board." - @echo "Otherwise it will be removed by the end of 2014." - @echo "See doc/README.generic-board for further information" - @echo "====================================================" -endif ifeq ($(CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT),y) @echo "===================== WARNING ======================" @echo "This board uses CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT. Please remove" @@ -1257,13 +1250,6 @@ prepare2: prepare3 outputmakefile prepare1: prepare2 $(version_h) $(timestamp_h) \ include/config/auto.conf -ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_BOARD),) -ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD),y) - @echo >&2 " Your architecture does not support generic board." - @echo >&2 " Please undefine CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD in your board config file." - @/bin/false -endif -endif ifeq ($(wildcard $(LDSCRIPT)),) @echo >&2 " Could not find linker script." @/bin/false @@ -4048,16 +4048,6 @@ Configuration Settings: If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable access flags. -- CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD - This selects the architecture-generic board system instead of the - architecture-specific board files. It is intended to move boards - to this new framework over time. Defining this will disable the - arch/foo/lib/board.c file and use common/board_f.c and - common/board_r.c instead. To use this option your architecture - must support it (i.e. must select HAVE_GENERIC_BOARD in arch/Kconfig). - If you find problems enabling this option on your board please report - the problem and send patches! - - CONFIG_OMAP_PLATFORM_RESET_TIME_MAX_USEC (OMAP only) This is set by OMAP boards for the max time that reset should be asserted. See doc/README.omap-reset-time for details on how diff --git a/board/sandbox/README.sandbox b/board/sandbox/README.sandbox index fa1842bc00..9fe3bf171a 100644 --- a/board/sandbox/README.sandbox +++ b/board/sandbox/README.sandbox @@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ U-Boot sandbox supports these emulations: A wide range of commands is implemented. Filesystems which use a block device are supported. -Also sandbox uses generic board (CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD) and supports -driver model (CONFIG_DM) and associated commands. +Also sandbox supports driver model (CONFIG_DM) and associated commands. Linux RAW Networking Bridge diff --git a/doc/README.fdt-control b/doc/README.fdt-control index 29fd56a815..2913fcb360 100644 --- a/doc/README.fdt-control +++ b/doc/README.fdt-control @@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ the features of each board in the device tree file, and have a single generic source base. To enable this feature, add CONFIG_OF_CONTROL to your board config file. -It is currently supported on ARM, x86 and Microblaze - other architectures -will need to add code to their arch/xxx/lib/board.c file to locate the -FDT. Alternatively you can enable generic board support on your board -(with CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD) if this is available (as it is for -PowerPC). For ARM, Tegra and Exynos5 have device trees available for -common devices. What is a Flat Device Tree? diff --git a/doc/README.generic-board b/doc/README.generic-board index 734f1aa924..6858c4daaf 100644 --- a/doc/README.generic-board +++ b/doc/README.generic-board @@ -5,29 +5,22 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ # -DEPRECATION NOTICE FOR arch/<arch>/lib/board.c - -For board maintainers: Please submit patches for boards you maintain before -July 2014, to make them use generic board. - -For architecture maintainers: Please submit patches to remove your -architecture-specific board.c file before October 2014. - - Background ---------- -U-Boot has traditionally had a board.c file for each architecture. This has -introduced quite a lot of duplication, with each architecture tending to do +U-Boot traditionally had a board.c file for each architecture. This introduced +quite a lot of duplication, with each architecture tending to do initialisation slightly differently. To address this, a new 'generic board -init' feature was introduced a year ago in March 2013 (further motivation is +init' feature was introduced in March 2013 (further motivation is provided in the cover letter below). +All boards and architectures have moved to this as of mid 2016. + What has changed? ----------------- -The main change is that the arch/<arch>/lib/board.c file is being removed in +The main change is that the arch/<arch>/lib/board.c file is removed in favour of common/board_f.c (for pre-relocation init) and common/board_r.c (for post-relocation init). @@ -36,55 +29,6 @@ fields which are common to all architectures. Architecture-specific fields have been moved to separate structures. -Supported Architectures ------------------------- - -If you are unlucky then your architecture may not support generic board. -The following architectures are supported now: - - arc - arm - avr32 - blackfin - m68k - microblaze - mips - nios2 - powerpc - sandbox - x86 - -If your architecture is not supported, you need to select -HAVE_GENERIC_BOARD in arch/Kconfig -and test it with a suitable board, as follows. - - -Adding Support for your Board ------------------------------ - -To enable generic board for your board, define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD in -your board config header file. - -Test that U-Boot still functions correctly on your board, and fix any -problems you find. Don't be surprised if there are no problems - generic -board has had a reasonable amount of testing with common boards. - - -DeadLine --------- - -Please don't take this the wrong way - there is no intent to make your life -miserable, and we have the greatest respect and admiration for U-Boot users. -However, with any migration there has to be a period where the old way is -deprecated and removed. Every patch to the deprecated code introduces a -potential breakage in the new unused code. Therefore: - -Boards or architectures not converted over to general board by the -end of 2014 may be forcibly changed over (potentially causing run-time -breakage) or removed. - - - Further Background ------------------ @@ -190,3 +134,4 @@ convenience. Simon Glass, sjg@chromium.org March 2014 +Updated after final removal, May 2016 |
