All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Steven Scholz <steven.scholz@imc-berlin.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Can the CPU load from flash without configuring it first?
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:46:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <41A34D3F.70106@imc-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41A34BE4.1050305@web.de>

Peter Asemann wrote:

> Well, I think it *must* be that way, but to be sure I ask this probably 
> question, though:
> 
> If a MPC875 starts, it will try to boot from the device selected by 
> chip-select 0 (CS0), unless otherwise stated in the hard reset 
> configuration word.
> It will then try to access a flash/eprom/something device via the "GPCM" 
> memory controller.
> In order for this to work, the GPCM of the CPU must be possible to 
> access a flash/eprom without prior configuration when booting.

How else could it boot otherwise? ;-)

Have a look at the power up default values of the GPCM config registers.
You will see that their (most probably) set to meet the requirements for 
standard flash devices...

--
Steven

  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-23 14:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-22 13:52 [U-Boot-Users] start.S code snippet doubt Nishant Galange
2004-11-22 16:52 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-11-23 14:40   ` [U-Boot-Users] Can the CPU load from flash without configuring it first? Peter Asemann
2004-11-23 14:46     ` Steven Scholz [this message]
2004-11-23 15:46     ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-11-23  9:58 ` [U-Boot-Users] start.S code snippet doubt Yuli Barcohen

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=41A34D3F.70106@imc-berlin.de \
    --to=steven.scholz@imc-berlin.de \
    --cc=u-boot@lists.denx.de \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.