From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marek Vasut Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:04:44 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] DreamPlug - progress? In-Reply-To: <20110822152014.GC29321@titan.lakedaemon.net> References: <20110821003835.GB29321@titan.lakedaemon.net> <20110822152014.GC29321@titan.lakedaemon.net> Message-ID: <201108221804.44301.marek.vasut@gmail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Monday, August 22, 2011 05:20:14 PM Jason wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 11:53:41PM -0700, Prafulla Wadaskar wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de > > > [mailto:u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Jason > > > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 6:09 AM > > > To: Adam Baxter > > > Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de > > > Subject: Re: [U-Boot] DreamPlug - progress? > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:11:38PM +1000, Adam Baxter wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a Globalscale Dreamplug > > > > I wish to accomplish the following: > > > > * Backup original uboot > > > > * Verify original uboot > > > > * Flash patched uboot to SPI > > > > > > > > Any roadblocks? I couldn't confirm, either via this list or looking > > > > at commits whether Dreamplug support ever made it back into mainline > > > > uboot... > > > > > > dreamplug patches have not been accepted into mainline because the > > > proper way to do it (which globalscale didn't do in the binary they > > > provided) is with a new machine id. This is already reserved [1]. > > > U-boot shouldn't use the new mach-id until it is in mainline Linux. > > > Linux won't accept new ARM boards unless they are moving towards device > > > tree. > > > > Is this something new? > > Past six months or so... > > > You just need machine-id in mach-types.h to get in dreamplug patches > > mainlined into u-boot. > > Yes, but mach-types.h is copied from Linux. Until it makes it into > Linux, it won't trickle down to U-Boot. And here comes Russell ... if I count 5 pts for "f-word" and 1 pts for every other naughty word, I'm at 17 pts only today after discussing the mach-types issue ;-) Anyway, the fix for the gplugd (is it the samy thing?) is in mainline I think and scheduled for 3.1. > > > I have added earlier machine id through > > http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/?action=new > > Correct, this is how I added MACH_DREAMPLUG (3550). > > > Doesn't this work now? > > it should, however, Linus' tree only has up to #3494 [1]. RMK's > database shows it, though [2]. Maybe I just need to be more patient. > ;-) > > thx, > > Jason. > > [1] > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=a > rch/arm/tools/mach-types;h=fff68d0d521b095f0594fbf79bda99df8c3f21e4;hb=HEAD > [2] http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/download.php > _______________________________________________ > U-Boot mailing list > U-Boot at lists.denx.de > http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot