In message fc.004c4e48001e7c8b3b9aca005d326fbc.1e7c9e@rea.de you wrote:
I'd use the standard tags ATAG_SERIAL and ATAG_REVISION and add corresponding setup_*_tag() functions to armlinux.c
I must be missing something. If you are going to crate standard tags anyway, why do you need any special code or storage?
Oh, I wasn't aware that bd_info is going to be obsoleted. Well, how about (ab)using the environment variables serial# and e.g. revision# for the purpose and leave bd_info alone.
No. Please don't mess with established standard meanings of variables.
Also, I don't see why such a variable would be needed. Envrionment variables are intended for interaction with the user, but not to hold information which is used only internally within U-Boot. For example, guess why we don't have an environment variable which gives the size of the flash memory?
Why do you need additional storage for your data? If you can fill in the values when setting up the bd_infor structore or when auto- creating some environment variables you should also be able to fill in the same values when generating the ATAG_SERIAL and ATAG_REVISION tags?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk