Raspberry firmware prepares the FDT blob in memory at an address
that depends on both the memory size and the blob size [1].
After commit
ade243a211d6 ("rpi: passthrough of the firmware provided FDT
blob") this FDT is passed to kernel through fdt_addr environment variable,
handled in set_fdt_addr() function in board file.
When u-boot environment is persistently saved, if a change happens
in loaded FDT (e.g. for a new overlay applied), firmware produces a FDT
address different from the saved one, but u-boot still use the saved
one because set_fdt_addr() function does not overwrite the fdt_addr
variable. So, for example, if there is a script that uses fdt commands for
e.g. manipulate the bootargs, boot hangs with error
libfdt fdt_check_header(): FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC
Removing the fdt_addr variable in saved environment allows to boot.
With this patch set_fdt_addr() function always overwrite fdt_addr value.
[1] https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums//viewtopic.php?f=107&t=134018
Signed-off-by: Mauro Salvini <m.salvini@koansoftware.com>
Cc: Cédric Schieli <cschieli@gmail.com>
Cc: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@suse.com>