On 27.11.25 20:21, Brian Sune wrote: > Thanks to Jan Kiszka had provided info on > u-boot is not able to boot by u-boot-with-spl.sfp. > All three TYPE, #, OFFSET mode methods are > nonfunctionable on combined raw boot. > Explain a bit on the cause and solutions. > The major cause is spl+u-boot structure is > defined as 4x[spl+zero_pad] + u-boot.img. > Deal to this configuration since GEN5 is used, > the spl would require to seek by an offset > on top of the spl offset. This means for > each spl=0x10000 the offset is 0x40000. > However latest u-boot do not consider this > major structure on GEN5 socfpga. > > Meanwhile, the default include file as Jan > pointed out is completely wrong syntax and > caused issue. > > Combining both concepts, the minimum fix > patch is provide as follows. > 1) Offset is control and default set to a > proper offset under: > SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_DATA_PART_OFFSET > > 2) Only GEN5 socfpga will be affected and > minimized contamination on other devices. >
Most bugs are device-independent. Those should be fixed separately, and I was even asked in the original series to split further. Let us iterate on that, I would say. Jan
