From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5Kki-0002MX-7E for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:29:44 +0200 Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 31 Mar 2011 09:27:43 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.63,276,1299484800"; d="scan'208";a="621703837" Received: from doubt.jf.intel.com (HELO [10.24.0.166]) ([10.24.0.166]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 31 Mar 2011 09:27:42 -0700 Message-ID: <4D94AB7E.4030603@linux.intel.com> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:27:42 -0700 From: Darren Hart User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110223 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Eggleton References: <41ae31ba057b63d3c518e2edf217109c59b64603.1301578942.git.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <41ae31ba057b63d3c518e2edf217109c59b64603.1301578942.git.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> Cc: poky@yoctoproject.org, openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [poky] [PATCH 1/1] README.hardware: remove u-boot flashing instructions for mpc8315e-rdb X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:29:44 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 03/31/2011 06:46 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote: > From: Paul Eggleton > > Upgrading u-boot is apparently not necessary with current board revisions, > and these instructions may not work properly anyway (our toolchain seems not > to be able to compile u-boot in the way described), and given that they are > potentially risky they should be removed. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton Acked-by: Darren Hart > --- > README.hardware | 29 +++-------------------------- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/README.hardware b/README.hardware > index 79607f7..025c678 100644 > --- a/README.hardware > +++ b/README.hardware > @@ -234,32 +234,7 @@ You will need the following: > * nfs root setup on your workstation > * tftp server installed on your workstation > > -The original U-Boot image on board can't boot kernel versions 2.6.34 or later > -successfully, so the U-Boot image should be upgraded to the latest U-Boot. > - > - 1. First build a new U-Boot image for mpc8315e-rdb, u-boot.bin.mpc8315erdb, > - then make it available on your tftp server. To compile the new u-boot: > - > - $ git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git > - $ cd u-boot > - $ git checkout -b v2010.09-mpc8315erdb v2010.09 > - $ make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE= MPC8315ERDB_config > - $ make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE= all > - $ cp u-boot.bin u-boot.bin.mpc8315erdb > - > - 2. Set up the environment in U-Boot: > - > - =>setenv ipaddr > - =>setenv serverip > - > - 3. Flash the new U-Boot image: > - > - =>tftp 200000 u-boot.bin.mpc8315erdb > - =>protect off all > - =>erase fe000000 +60000 > - =>cp.b 200000 fe000000 60000 > - > -Then the kernel can be booted successfully: > +Load the kernel and boot it as follows: > > 1. Get the kernel (uImage.mpc8315erdb) and dtb (mpc8315erdb.dtb) files from > the Poky build tmp/deploy directory, and make them available on your tftp > @@ -267,6 +242,8 @@ Then the kernel can be booted successfully: > > 2. Set up the environment in U-Boot: > > + =>setenv ipaddr > + =>setenv serverip > =>setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=: ip=:::255.255.255.0:mpc8315e:eth0:off console=ttyS0,115200 > > 3. Download kernel and dtb to boot kernel. -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Linux Kernel