[U-Boot-Users] Are there any instructions how to compile U-boot for ixp425 target?

nitinn
2007-06-13T06:54:44Z

Hi ,

I too am new in this field but working on same thing but on IXP420
Platform for Router board.

Will Let u know once i am done .

Keep going till then . Best of luck . Hope others also reply to us
.....

Warm Regards
Nitin

Queenie wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Iam a newbie to this field. I too Iam trying to port a bootloader on my
> customed IXP425 board.
> Iam using Ixdp425 as my reference.
>
> I have downloaded U-boot 1.1.3 verson. Also I have downloaded a cross
> compiler from gnu site cross-3.0 for arm architecture.
> My first step was to untar the arm cross-3.0 toolchain and place it in the
> /usr/local/ directory.
> Then I added this path in the .bash_profile file
> ($PATH=/usr/local/3.0/bin)
> Then i untarred the u-boot 1.1.3 source, went into the directory and did a
> make ixdp425_config
> It did successfully, later I tried compiling the source for U-boot by
> giving a simple make.
> it started fine but later gave the error searching for IxNpeMicrocode.c.
> I went to the download centre, and downloaded the npe (IxNpeMicrocode.c
> and placed it in the u-boot-1.1.6/ixp/cpu/ixp/npe)
> then did the "make" again.
> Now its again giving error for the file IxEthAccDataPlane.c
>
> Can you please help me how to go ahaed with this?
>
> Is my cross complier the wrong one? Is there any place where I can check
> it the endianness ?
>
> Please help!
>
> Warm Regards
> Queenie
>
>
>
> Stefan Roese wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday 07 June 2007, Teemu Keskinarkaus wrote:
>>> I took the advice and tried fresh u-boot. I pulled latest u-boot-ixp
>>> from GIT and modified the include/configs/ixdp425.h file so that it
>>> would match my current one on those parts that has something to do with
>>> the hardware. That's only file I modified.
>>
>> OK.
>>
>>> Then I gave commands:
>>>
>>> make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=armeb-unknown-linux-gnu- ixpd425_config
>>>
>>> make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=armeb-unknown-linux-gnu-
>>>
>>> The latter command stopped to error:
>>>
>>> make -C cpu/ixp/npe/
>>>
>>> make[1]: Entering directory
>>> `/home/teemu/tmp/u-boot/u-boot-ixp/cpu/ixp/npe'
>>>
>>> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `IxNpeMicrocode.c', needed by
>>> `.depend'. Stop.
>>
>>
>> Yes, that's expected. Unfortunately not documented. Sorry.
>>
>>> I checked and that file is missing so I'm guessing here comes the part
>>> where I need the Intel library?
>>
>> Right.
>>
>>> I tried to search for instructions what
>>> to do, but I couldn't find any and I vaguely remember someone telling
>>> that there isn't at least for ixp. This is first time I'm trying to get
>>> the U-boot to work from the scratch so (detailed) instructions would
>>> help a lot.
>>
>> You have to download the NPE microcode binary (exactly this missing file
>> from
>> the Intel download site). Here a link for the newest microcode (I have
>> *not*
>> tested with this microcode version):
>>
>> http://downloadcenter.intel.com/detail_desc.aspx?ProductID=2100&DwnldID=12954&agr=Y
>>
>> Could be that you have to register to access this file though.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Stefan
>>
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