From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Alireza Sadri Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: UPM driver of MPC8260 From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Jul 2004 04:12:30 PDT." <20040701111230.27014.qmail@web12825.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:18:00 +0200 Message-Id: <20040701121805.E8164C109F@atlas.denx.de> Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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 -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd@denx.de Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/