From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Alireza Sadri <arsadri@yahoo.ca>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: UPM driver of MPC8260
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:18:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040701121805.E8164C109F@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Jul 2004 04:12:30 PDT." <20040701111230.27014.qmail@web12825.mail.yahoo.com>
In message <20040701111230.27014.qmail@web12825.mail.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>
> i am going to make my custom SBC8260 standalone , so i
> need to replace the ppcboot of the board with a
> bootable linux image. I want this linux to mount the
No, this makes no sense. leave the PPCBoot as is, and use it to boot
Linux.
> flash, and then i put my own final program on the
> flash , and as a service, linux will run the program
> on any reset.(now,it would be standalone)
Yes, booted by PPCBoot from flash.
> so i cannot hold the ppcboot (u-boot) on the flash, i
> need the changes in my linux image , or using a linux
> driver.
You will always need a boot loader to initialize the hardware. This
is what PPCBoot is doing for you. Only then you can start Linux.
> (I know board needs bootloader anyway , but i don't
> know what it is. is it ppcboot? or ELDK makes a
> bootable linux?)
Yes, PPCBoot is the boot loader. Do NOT replace it, just use it.
> Any other point of view is really wellcome.
Did you read the DULG? See http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-01 12:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-30 13:37 UPM driver of MPC8260 Alireza Sadri
2004-06-30 14:26 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-07-01 11:12 ` Alireza Sadri
2004-07-01 12:18 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
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2004-06-30 14:15 Ho Jeffrey-r26191
2004-07-01 12:37 VanBaren, Gerald (AGRE)
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