[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[cmfairfa at rockwellcollins.com]

We bought a MPC8360E-RDK development kit to develop applications under 
MontaVista CGE5.0. We were toldby the consultant whose doing our board LSP 
that the U-Boot version that came with the development kit did not have 
device tree support. The consultant upgraded the U-Boot to a version that 
has device tree support, but he says he doesn't have the source code for 
the U-Boot version. I need the source to make certain updates.

Which U-Boot version can I download that has device tree support?

Thanks.



Christopher M. Fairfax
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Rockwell Collins
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[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[Jerry Van Baren]

cmfairfa at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
> We bought a MPC8360E-RDK development kit to develop applications under 
> MontaVista CGE5.0. We were toldby the consultant whose doing our board LSP 
> that the U-Boot version that came with the development kit did not have 
> device tree support. The consultant upgraded the U-Boot to a version that 
> has device tree support, but he says he doesn't have the source code for 
> the U-Boot version. I need the source to make certain updates.
> 
> Which U-Boot version can I download that has device tree support?
> 
> Thanks.

Hi Christopher,

The tip of the tree is the best.  The mpc8360erdk is supported.  If you 
want a released version, the latest is v2009.03.
   <http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/ReleaseCycle>

Best regards,
gvb

[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[Peter Barada]

On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 22:40 -0400, cmfairfa at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
> We bought a MPC8360E-RDK development kit to develop applications under 
> MontaVista CGE5.0. We were toldby the consultant whose doing our board LSP 
> that the U-Boot version that came with the development kit did not have 
> device tree support. The consultant upgraded the U-Boot to a version that 
> has device tree support, but he says he doesn't have the source code for 
> the U-Boot version. I need the source to make certain updates.
> 
> Which U-Boot version can I download that has device tree support?

If you've registered your MPC8360E-RDK with Logic, you should be able to
login to the Logic website and download the entire LTIB source that
includes a version of u-boot with full source/patches that fully support
dealing with device tree binary (dtb) files, and also includes a kernel
for the MPC8360E-RDK, and the build process generates an appropriate
device tree binary for the board...

-- 
Peter Barada <peterb@logicpd.com>

[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[Kumar Gala]

On Apr 8, 2009, at 11:13 PM, Peter Barada wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 22:40 -0400, cmfairfa at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
>> We bought a MPC8360E-RDK development kit to develop applications  
>> under
>> MontaVista CGE5.0. We were toldby the consultant whose doing our  
>> board LSP
>> that the U-Boot version that came with the development kit did not  
>> have
>> device tree support. The consultant upgraded the U-Boot to a  
>> version that
>> has device tree support, but he says he doesn't have the source  
>> code for
>> the U-Boot version. I need the source to make certain updates.
>>
>> Which U-Boot version can I download that has device tree support?
>
> If you've registered your MPC8360E-RDK with Logic, you should be  
> able to
> login to the Logic website and download the entire LTIB source that
> includes a version of u-boot with full source/patches that fully  
> support
> dealing with device tree binary (dtb) files, and also includes a  
> kernel
> for the MPC8360E-RDK, and the build process generates an appropriate
> device tree binary for the board...

Additionally any recent u-boot (v2009.03) and kernel (v2.6.29) have in  
tree support for the RDK board.

- k

[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Peter Barada,

In message <1239250418.4414.72.camel@blackhole> you wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 22:40 -0400, cmfairfa at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
> > We bought a MPC8360E-RDK development kit to develop applications under 
> > MontaVista CGE5.0. We were toldby the consultant whose doing our board LSP 
> > that the U-Boot version that came with the development kit did not have 
> > device tree support. The consultant upgraded the U-Boot to a version that 
> > has device tree support, but he says he doesn't have the source code for 
> > the U-Boot version. I need the source to make certain updates.
> > 
> > Which U-Boot version can I download that has device tree support?
> 
> If you've registered your MPC8360E-RDK with Logic, you should be able to
> login to the Logic website and download the entire LTIB source that
> includes a version of u-boot with full source/patches that fully support
> dealing with device tree binary (dtb) files, and also includes a kernel
> for the MPC8360E-RDK, and the build process generates an appropriate
> device tree binary for the board...

On the other hand there is zero reason to stick with such an
out-of-tree port when the board is supported in mainline.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

-- 
DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
Conquest is easy. Control is not.
	-- Kirk, "Mirror, Mirror", stardate unknown

[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[JEW-DONG]

Hi,

I am new to Linux uboot.  I have also purchased a MPC8360E-RDK.  There is no
uboot source code on the CodeWarrior CD either.  The LTIB
(ltib-mpc8360-com-express-20080709) I downloaded from www.logicpd.com does
not have source code for uboot either.  It comes with a uboot image though. 
I can build kernel image (uImage) and jfss2 file system.  I will very
appreciate if you  can show me where to get the uboot source code and how to
build it for my MPC8360E-RDK board.

Thank you very much!
Jew-Dong


wd wrote:
> 
> Dear Peter Barada,
> 
> In message <1239250418.4414.72.camel@blackhole> you wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 22:40 -0400, cmfairfa at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
>> > We bought a MPC8360E-RDK development kit to develop applications under 
>> > MontaVista CGE5.0. We were toldby the consultant whose doing our board
>> LSP 
>> > that the U-Boot version that came with the development kit did not have 
>> > device tree support. The consultant upgraded the U-Boot to a version
>> that 
>> > has device tree support, but he says he doesn't have the source code
>> for 
>> > the U-Boot version. I need the source to make certain updates.
>> > 
>> > Which U-Boot version can I download that has device tree support?
>> 
>> If you've registered your MPC8360E-RDK with Logic, you should be able to
>> login to the Logic website and download the entire LTIB source that
>> includes a version of u-boot with full source/patches that fully support
>> dealing with device tree binary (dtb) files, and also includes a kernel
>> for the MPC8360E-RDK, and the build process generates an appropriate
>> device tree binary for the board...
> 
> On the other hand there is zero reason to stick with such an
> out-of-tree port when the board is supported in mainline.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
> -- 
> DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
> HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
> Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
> Conquest is easy. Control is not.
> 	-- Kirk, "Mirror, Mirror", stardate unknown
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[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear JEW-DONG,

In message <23641282.post@talk.nabble.com> you wrote:
> 
> I am new to Linux uboot.  I have also purchased a MPC8360E-RDK.  There is no
> uboot source code on the CodeWarrior CD either.  The LTIB
> (ltib-mpc8360-com-express-20080709) I downloaded from www.logicpd.com does
> not have source code for uboot either.  It comes with a uboot image though. 

If logicpd is not violating the GPL, there must be a written notice in
the package (written, i. e. printed on some paper included in the
package) which explains where you can get their source code from.

> I can build kernel image (uImage) and jfss2 file system.  I will very
> appreciate if you  can show me where to get the uboot source code and how to
> build it for my MPC8360E-RDK board.

Just use top of tree. It is supposed to work fine. At leats it works
fine here.


And please don't top post / full quote. Make sure to read
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
: 1.  What is the possibility of this being added in the future?
In the near future, the probability is close to zero. In the  distant
future, I'll be dead, and posterity can do whatever they like... :-)
                                                              - lwall

[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[JEW-DONG]

Hi Wolfgang,

Thanks for the information.  This is the first time I am searching for the
u-boot source code for MPC8360E-RDK.  Three more questions here:

Is the following URL the right place to get the files?  If not, can you show
me the right link?

http://git.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=tree;h=a7b2196b15b925caa171bd2fa22fb65165b81c36;hb=f700e7df7fecf2d3765ae568ce77ce788cde4f3e

Secondly, how do I use GIT to download the source code?

Lastly, how do I tell make to build the u-boot for MPC8360E-RDK board?

Thank you very much!
Jew-Dong


JEW-DONG wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am new to Linux uboot.  I have also purchased a MPC8360E-RDK.  There is
> no uboot source code on the CodeWarrior CD either.  The LTIB
> (ltib-mpc8360-com-express-20080709) I downloaded from www.logicpd.com does
> not have source code for uboot either.  It comes with a uboot image
> though.  I can build kernel image (uImage) and jfss2 file system.  I will
> very appreciate if you  can show me where to get the uboot source code and
> how to build it for my MPC8360E-RDK board.
> 
> Thank you very much!
> Jew-Dong
> 
> 
> wd wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Peter Barada,
>> 
>> In message <1239250418.4414.72.camel@blackhole> you wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 22:40 -0400, cmfairfa at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
>>> > We bought a MPC8360E-RDK development kit to develop applications under 
>>> > MontaVista CGE5.0. We were toldby the consultant whose doing our board
>>> LSP 
>>> > that the U-Boot version that came with the development kit did not
>>> have 
>>> > device tree support. The consultant upgraded the U-Boot to a version
>>> that 
>>> > has device tree support, but he says he doesn't have the source code
>>> for 
>>> > the U-Boot version. I need the source to make certain updates.
>>> > 
>>> > Which U-Boot version can I download that has device tree support?
>>> 
>>> If you've registered your MPC8360E-RDK with Logic, you should be able to
>>> login to the Logic website and download the entire LTIB source that
>>> includes a version of u-boot with full source/patches that fully support
>>> dealing with device tree binary (dtb) files, and also includes a kernel
>>> for the MPC8360E-RDK, and the build process generates an appropriate
>>> device tree binary for the board...
>> 
>> On the other hand there is zero reason to stick with such an
>> out-of-tree port when the board is supported in mainline.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Wolfgang Denk
>> 
>> -- 
>> DENX Software Engineering GmbH,     MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel
>> HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
>> Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
>> Conquest is easy. Control is not.
>> 	-- Kirk, "Mirror, Mirror", stardate unknown
>> _______________________________________________
>> U-Boot mailing list
>> U-Boot at lists.denx.de
>> http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear JEW-DONG,

In message <23644965.post@talk.nabble.com> you wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks for the information.  This is the first time I am searching for the
> u-boot source code for MPC8360E-RDK.  Three more questions here:
...
> Secondly, how do I use GIT to download the source code?
...
> Lastly, how do I tell make to build the u-boot for MPC8360E-RDK board?

I do not intend to answer questions that are well-documented on ythe
U-Boot web site and in the manual.

Please read the documentation.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
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