Re: [PATCH] Add MPC5200B base board mvBC-P

["Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>]

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Andr=E9 Schwarz
<Andre.Schwarz@matrix-vision.de> wrote:
> It's a MPC5200B. I thought that the "b"-Option has already out of use aft=
er
> reading about this a few weeks ago ... maybe I misinterpreted.

No, I'm *toying* with the idea, but I haven't decided yet.

> > I think it would be better to just leave out the partition information
> > and modify U-Boot to fill them in (just like memory and clock speed are
> > left out).  Things like flash partitions are less like hardware
> > description and more like configuration data.
>
> never did this. Is it quick'n'easy ?
> Honestly I don't like the bootloader to set up everything.
> If you need any change it will require a bootloader update which is a ver=
y
> fragile operation out in the field.
> There will always be bricked systems afterwards ....
> Failure in updating the (redundant) dtb blob or kernel will do almost alw=
ays
> no harm since the system is still accessible and flashable using ethernet=
 or
> serial.
>
> If it's not against all rule (which I don't think) I'd really like to sti=
ck
> to it, too.
> Is this ok ?

hurumm... okay, leave it in.  I suppose it isn't a risky thing to do.

g.


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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.