[U-Boot-Users] boot pc with uboot

[Markus Brunner <super.firetwister@googlemail.com>]

On Wednesday 28 May 2008, Jerry Van Baren wrote:
> Soodeh Bakhshandeh wrote:
> > Dear sir
> > I have a problem. I want to boot my pc with uboot. Which work I shold
> > do?what is my roadmap?

First you should be sure if that's exactly what you want.  

If you just want to play with u-boot on x86, porting it to bochs (or another 
virtual pc) should be easier and have more benefits than your pc. 
http://bochs.sourceforge.net/

If you want free software to boot your PC, you should have a look at coreboot 
(linuxbios) as well. It can also boot other PC related (BIOS dependent)  
operating systems, like freedos, which you probably wont be able to boot with 
u-boot. There is a port for bochs, so you can already play with it. 
http://www.coreboot.org/

> The big problem is that full hardware documentation is hard to get.
> Depending on your board and the chips used on it, you might be able to
> get the documentation, but historically it is a show stopper problem.
> This may be changing with hardware becoming more open for linux drivers,
> or maybe you will get lucky...

Getting a board which is already supported by Linuxbios should be the best 
starting point to port u-boot on it.

Good Luck

Markus