Merge branch '2022-03-09-events-subsystem' into next

To quote the author:
It is a common need in U-Boot to have one subsystem notify another
when something happens. An example is reading a partition table when a
new block device is set up.

It is also common to add weak functions and 'hook' functions to modify
how U-Boot works. See for example ft_board_setup() and the like.

U-Boot would benefit from a generic mechanism to handle these cases,
with the ability to hook into various 'events' in a
subsystem-independent and transparent way.

This series provides a way to create and dispatch events, with a way of
registering a 'spy' which watches for events of different types. This
allows 'hook' functions to be created in a generic way.

It also includes a script to list the hooks in an image, which is a bit
easier to debug than weak functions, as well as an 'event' command to
do the same from within U-Boot.

These 'static' events can be used to replace hooks like misc_init_f(),
for example. Also included is basic support for 'dynamic' events, where
a spy can be registered at runtime. The need for this is still being
figured out.

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diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index d10deed..1ed63fa 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -2367,6 +2367,14 @@ config CMD_DIAG
 	  available tests and running either all the tests, or specific tests
 	  identified by name.
 
+config CMD_EVENT
+	bool "event - Show information about events"
+	default y if EVENT_DEBUG
+	help
+	  This enables the 'event' command which provides information about
+	  events and event-handler routines. This can help to device event
+	  hadling.
+
 config CMD_IRQ
 	bool "irq - Show information about interrupts"
 	depends on !ARM && !MIPS && !RISCV && !SH