From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.188]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED704DDE40 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:54:06 +1100 (EST) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c27so3442655rvf.9 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:54:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:53:20 -0600 From: Josh Boyer To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Ebony development board Message-ID: <20080211065320.14a4485b@zod.rchland.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <200802110720.12842.sr@denx.de> References: <47AE00FE.1000704@uid0.hu> <200802110720.12842.sr@denx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:20:12 +0100 Stefan Roese wrote: > Hi Zoltan, > > On Saturday 09 February 2008, Zoltan HERPAI wrote: > > I've recently got an Ebony board (440GP) with the original bootloader > > (440GP 1.18 ROM Monitor) which I would like to replace with U-boot. Is > > there a way to boot an U-boot image via TFTP to replace the bootloader, > > or is it possible only with using a JTAG? I've googled through the > > mailing list, but most of the related hits are dated back in 2004-2005, > > they say no, one have to use JTAG, but some time passed since then, and > > I would like to know if there is a way for this. > > Does the original ROM monitor support writing to onboard FLASH? If yes, it > should be possible. It doesn't. Theoretically, you can boot Linux and use MTD on the flash to load U-Boot. I wouldn't recommend it without a JTAG debugger around to fix things in case they get screwed up. josh