Re: [PATCH] [POWERPC] 83xx: Add support for the Thecus N1200 NAS device

[Byron Bradley <byron.bbradley@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Kumar Gala wrote:

> 
> On Jun 4, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Byron Bradley wrote:
> 
> > The Thecus N1200 is a NAS device with a single internal SATA disk and
> > an eSATA port based on an MPC8347 SoC.
> > 
> > http://thecus.nas-central.org/index.php/Category:N1200
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Byron Bradley <byron.bbradley@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Tim Ellis <tim.ellis@mac.com>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile                       |    1 +
> > arch/powerpc/boot/dts/thecus_n1200.dts           |  352 +++++
> > arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper                        |    2 +-
> > arch/powerpc/configs/83xx/thecus_n1200_defconfig | 1674
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Kconfig              |    7 +
> > arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/Makefile             |    1 +
> > arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/thecus_n1200.c       |  160 ++
> > 7 files changed, 2196 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/boot/dts/thecus_n1200.dts
> > create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/configs/83xx/thecus_n1200_defconfig
> > create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/thecus_n1200.c
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> > index 9ae7b7e..7ea6aff 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> > @@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ image-$(CONFIG_MPC834x_ITX)		+=
> > cuImage.mpc8349emitx \
> > 					   cuImage.mpc8349emitxgp
> > image-$(CONFIG_MPC834x_MDS)		+= cuImage.mpc834x_mds
> > image-$(CONFIG_MPC836x_MDS)		+= cuImage.mpc836x_mds
> > +image-$(CONFIG_THECUS_N1200)		+= cuImage.thecus_n1200
> > image-$(CONFIG_ASP834x)			+= dtbImage.asp834x-redboot
> 
> Is the u-boot for the board capable of dealing w/device trees or do you really
> need cuImage?

The u-boot on the board can't deal with device trees and we have no idea 
where the JTAG pins are so it will probably never be supported.

Cheers,

-- 
Byron Bradley