From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:37:49 +0100 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by lore.white.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vq6fM-000UEv-34 for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:37:49 +0100 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([2607:7c80:54:3::133]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1vq6fN-0001jw-55 for lore@pengutronix.de; Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:37:49 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From:References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=GYN90gWqs742lBhhVnND4tPl4m01/SId0oeuoRAMaKU=; b=jY1kEpwf3dshbG2FU9p5AnRBdG 4ZH7JM1bzsDeh/uaZxSvQI0MpVhGw+zKjmStUWaWibkLTGyVwg+guwf5fMDQFXLtljVMja9bno6vD H2mF+xjHk3cCW9Sajp1AIrleuPASdKVGqYN1/MARlghC3KiROqO+fLJSgMB3wyQM0KSAF9uq9Z05E f6IXNB0TsTu5SmdHpFyonkVMp5jd/HcNSnuTj7SNJ972xjPnRQ0icndXmHp82Ib1gdI4fjg4/Yqkn jLiHJfjzm/i0w8lAuE9rF/KDhKx/ZHpslxbRmxwsjDpgWagWc2NpWXnEk4HFBG9TmSHBP5jqrdDrm ASIH9vkg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vq6ey-00000000RuG-2JCN; Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:37:24 +0000 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vq6ew-00000000Rtr-0pkU for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:37:23 +0000 Received: from ptz.office.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:900:1d::77] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1vq6es-0001fs-V5; Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:37:18 +0100 Message-ID: <1672b0e8-65ac-4f92-afb7-e5c9eb798537@pengutronix.de> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:37:18 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: Sascha Hauer , Marco Felsch Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org References: <20260210221343.3431882-1-m.felsch@pengutronix.de> From: Ahmad Fatoum Content-Language: en-US, de-DE, de-BE In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260211_013722_245514_5254E014 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 26.43 ) X-BeenThere: barebox@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "barebox" X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2607:7c80:54:3::133 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: barebox-bounces+lore=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] ARM: dts: i.MX8MP: remove barebox environment handling X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 08 May 2019 21:11:16 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de) Hi, On 2/11/26 8:53 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 11:13:40PM +0100, Marco Felsch wrote: >> While specifying the barebox environment within the barebox dts is very >> helpful for standalone barebox development it's difficult for BSPs which >> use this development platform and want to use the GPT mechanism. >> As a result BSPs had to manually delete the nodes via a external >> provided dts, because we wanted to keep the comfort for the standalone >> development flow. >> >> Lucky commit 86531d4bf7aa ("commands: create createnv command") >> introduced a convenient helper to create a barebox environemnt on >> demand exactly for this purpose: >> >> | "We want to move away from describing the barebox environment explicitly >> | in the device tree and instead motivate usage of GPT partitions.." >> >> So start with the i.MX8MP-EVK to encourage the use of GPT partitions and >> to make the BSP integration for these development platforms easier. > > Generally I like this idea, but it breaks the existing users > environment and doing this sharp cut might be annoying for the phase > where you switch between different barebox versions which could be quite > common for development boards. > > Would be great to have a grace period in which we prefer the UUID > environment over the device tree environment (we might do this already) > and warn in case we still use the latter. We could stick the warning to > a device tree property like "warn-deprecated-env" and remove the > environment once they carry this property for a year or so. > > Just the ideas from the top of my head. Thoughts? Here's my opinion from a year back: https://lore.barebox.org/barebox/1ff0f545-effa-4b87-81b7-524919333777@pengutronix.de/ I am interested to hear thoughts on it. Compared to our suggestion, there will be no eventual removal of the node. Cheers, Ahmad > > Sascha > >> >> Signed-off-by: Marco Felsch >> --- >> arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-evk.dts | 43 ------------------------------------- >> 1 file changed, 43 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-evk.dts b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-evk.dts >> index e6f8c2d1b482..37798fa99efa 100644 >> --- a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-evk.dts >> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-evk.dts >> @@ -12,19 +12,6 @@ >> / { >> barebox,deep-probe; >> >> - chosen { >> - environment-sd { >> - compatible = "barebox,environment"; >> - device-path = &env_sd2; >> - status = "disabled"; >> - }; >> - environment-emmc { >> - compatible = "barebox,environment"; >> - device-path = &env_sd3; >> - status = "disabled"; >> - }; >> - }; >> - >> gpio-leds { >> status { >> barebox,default-trigger = "heartbeat"; >> @@ -78,33 +65,3 @@ &usb_dwc3_0 { >> usb-role-switch; >> status = "okay"; >> }; >> - >> -&usdhc2 { >> - #address-cells = <1>; >> - #size-cells = <1>; >> - >> - partition@0 { >> - label = "barebox"; >> - reg = <0x0 0xe0000>; >> - }; >> - >> - env_sd2: partition@e0000 { >> - label = "barebox-environment"; >> - reg = <0xe0000 0x20000>; >> - }; >> -}; >> - >> -&usdhc3 { >> - #address-cells = <1>; >> - #size-cells = <1>; >> - >> - partition@0 { >> - label = "barebox"; >> - reg = <0x0 0xe0000>; >> - }; >> - >> - env_sd3: partition@e0000 { >> - label = "barebox-environment"; >> - reg = <0xe0000 0x20000>; >> - }; >> -}; >> -- >> 2.47.3 >> >> >> > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |