[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3 V3] Add board support for hawkboard

Sughosh Ganu
2010-10-28T13:20:30Z

hi Detlev,

On Thu Oct 28, 2010 at 12:52:31PM +0200, Detlev Zundel wrote:
> Hi Sughosh,
>
> [...]
>
> > * hawkboard_nand_config - Used to generate the secondary
> > bootloader(nand_spl) image. This creates an elf file u-boot-spl
> > under nand_spl/. Create an AIS signed image using this file, and
> > flash it to the nand flash at address 0x20000. The ais file should
> > fit in one block.
>
> Could you elaborate on "create an AIS signed image" a little bit for
> people who are not intimately familiar with this architecture? Maybe
> you can add a small doc/README.da8xx for that purpose?

AIS is a format used to package an image which is to be copied to
the memory to be run. The format consists of a series of commands
which are parsed and executed by the RBL(primary boot loader) to get
the image copied to the memory, and then jump to the image's entry
point(also specified as part of the format). I will add more info on
this in the document, as you suggest.

>
> > * hawkboard_uart_config - This is same as the first image, but with
> > the TEXT_BASE as expected by the RBL(0xc1080000). Create the AIS
> > Signed bin, as use the normal UART boot procedure to boot the image.
>
> Again a short step-by-step instruction in a readme file would be a very
> valuable addition.

Will add this to the readme.

-sughosh