[U-Boot] DreamPlug - progress?

Jason
2011-08-22T15:20:14Z

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.

> 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=arch/arm/tools/mach-types;h=fff68d0d521b095f0594fbf79bda99df8c3f21e4;hb=HEAD
[2] http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/download.php