From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.240]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435F4DDF38 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 02:13:22 +1000 (EST) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c34so822637anc.78 for ; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:13:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 10:13:20 -0600 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Schwarz?=" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add MPC5200B base board mvBC-P In-Reply-To: <486F3F98.3060205@matrix-vision.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <486E515B.80508@matrix-vision.de> <20080704170041.GD17062@secretlab.ca> <486F3F98.3060205@matrix-vision.de> Cc: linux-ppc list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Andr=E9 Schwarz 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. --=20 Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.