[U-Boot] Standalone API

[U-Boot] Standalone API

[Andrew Holt]

Hi,

Is there a list, or header file containing prototypes of the U-Boot facilities that a standalone can make use of ? If so can somebody please direct me to it

Regards,
Andrew
P.S. Also can somebody just responds anyway as a test.  I'm not sure that my messages are getting out there.


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Andrew Holt
Senior Software Engineer

Email: andrew.holt at electrans.com

De Omnibus Dubitandum
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[U-Boot] Standalone API

[Dennis Ruffer]

> From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-
> bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Andrew Holt (SE)
> Is there a list, or header file containing prototypes of the U-Boot
> facilities that a standalone can make use of ? If so can somebody
> please direct me to it
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew
> P.S. Also can somebody just responds anyway as a test.  I'm not sure
> that my messages are getting out there.

Did you read doc/README.standalone?

DaR

[U-Boot] Standalone API

[Andrew Holt]

Hi,

I hadn't, but I will, Thanks.

I did find include/exports.h

Another question would be, I guess exports.h holds a subset of routines that 'could' be called by a standalone.  Is there a list of potential candidates ?

Can you give me any guidance with regard to implementing the U-Boot API on SuperH ?

What are the licences implications of a standalone calling these things ?

Thanks for your help, it's good to know there is somebody out there :)

Regards,
Andrew

On 7 Nov 2010, at 15:53, Dennis Ruffer wrote:

>> From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-
>> bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Andrew Holt (SE)
>> Is there a list, or header file containing prototypes of the U-Boot
>> facilities that a standalone can make use of ? If so can somebody
>> please direct me to it
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Andrew
>> P.S. Also can somebody just responds anyway as a test.  I'm not sure
>> that my messages are getting out there.
> 
> Did you read doc/README.standalone?
> 
> DaR
> 
> 

=============================
Andrew Holt
Senior Software Engineer

Email: andrew.holt at electrans.com

Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself.
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[U-Boot] Standalone API

[Dennis Ruffer]

Replies inline below...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Holt (SE) [mailto:andrew.holt at electrans.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 12:44 PM
> To: Dennis Ruffer
> Cc: 'U-Boot List'
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Standalone API
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I hadn't, but I will, Thanks.
> 
> I did find include/exports.h

That's where the document points you to anyway.

> Another question would be, I guess exports.h holds a subset of routines
> that 'could' be called by a standalone.  Is there a list of potential
> candidates ?

If it's not in exports.h you can't call it, but you can add anything that
follows the rules.

> Can you give me any guidance with regard to implementing the U-Boot API
> on SuperH ?

Not really.  I'm working on ARM and I haven't even written a standalone
program myself yet.  I've simply looked at it enough to have a good idea how
to do it and I was working with a standalone program that someone else had
written which didn't use any calls into uboot.  So, I know it's possible.

> What are the licences implications of a standalone calling these things
> ?

I'm not a lawyer, but I imagine that if you call u-boot routines, you still
have to comply with their license.

> Thanks for your help, it's good to know there is somebody out there :)

My impression is that most are in the far east, so I suspected you might not
get many replies until tomorrow.

I'm not really one of the official maintainers, but they might be able to
help you on a SuperH.

DaR

> Regards,
> Andrew
> 
> On 7 Nov 2010, at 15:53, Dennis Ruffer wrote:
> 
> >> From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-
> >> bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Andrew Holt (SE)
> >> Is there a list, or header file containing prototypes of the U-Boot
> >> facilities that a standalone can make use of ? If so can somebody
> >> please direct me to it
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Andrew
> >> P.S. Also can somebody just responds anyway as a test.  I'm not sure
> >> that my messages are getting out there.
> >
> > Did you read doc/README.standalone?
> >
> > DaR
> >
> >
> 
> =============================
> Andrew Holt
> Senior Software Engineer
> 
> Email: andrew.holt at electrans.com
> 
> Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself.
> =============================
> 
> 

[U-Boot] Standalone API

[Peter Tyser]

On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 20:44 +0000, Andrew Holt (SE) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I hadn't, but I will, Thanks.
> 
> I did find include/exports.h
> 
> Another question would be, I guess exports.h holds a subset of routines that 'could' be called by a standalone.  Is there a list of potential candidates ?
> 
> Can you give me any guidance with regard to implementing the U-Boot API on SuperH ?
> 
> What are the licences implications of a standalone calling these things ?
> 
> Thanks for your help, it's good to know there is somebody out there :)

Its worth mentioning there are 2 external application interfaces, the
older "Standalone Application" described in doc/README.standalone, and
newer "Standalone API" described in api/README.  I don't use the
interfaces for non-GPL code or with the SuperH, so can't provide much
input on the above questions.

Best,
Peter