[U-Boot-Users] u-boot on a dbau1000

[Othmar Pasteka <pasteka@kabsi.at>]

morning,

On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:56:18AM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > I just tried to load a compiled u-boot image on a dbau1000 devel
> > board. but as it seems that quite at  the beginning of loading
> > the image via tftp the whole system froze. accidentally I also
> > did this with the other boot rom, so prolly both are busted. the
> 
> You seem to love the risk....

usually not *shrug* ....

> > the other technical question I'ld like to get some enlightenment
> > is, why the system freezes or like, why is the boot rom busted
> > just when doing a load? is load doing more than just moving the
> 
> Probably because you were doing something wrong? Sorry, but with your
> vague description nearly everything may have been wrong.

well, yes, I didn't mention the code changes in detail. but
actually the toolchains works for other programs, so wonder what
might be wrong *sigh*. but I will recheck on that.
maybe I was just a bit too ignorant about what I was doing..

> > the u-boot version in question is 1.1.1 but I had to made some
> > changes to the source so that it compiles, like finding functions
> > in start.S and the like. I wonder if the setup as it is shipped
> 
> Sounds as is your toolchain is VERY broken.  You  should  not  expect
> that a system which required such severe changes will atually work.

well, afaik -mcpu=4kc isn't used that often at least when I
compiled code usually -march=mips32 is used. and the compiler has
quite a strange prefix mips4kc- (or so, it's just from top of my
head).

> > in 1.1.1 and cvs is supposed to work or how much hacking should
> > be put in there that it is compileable.
> 
> No changes are necessary. It compiles fine.

aha, was your toolchain self compiled or premade and from
somewhere?

thanks
Othmar