[U-Boot] how to enable various command support in u-boot-1.3.4?

[sunr2007 <ravilinux4u@gmail.com>]

wd wrote:
> 
> Dear sunr2007,
> 
> In message <25236687.post@talk.nabble.com> you wrote:
>> 
>> I was using u-boot-1.1.5 all these days. so i decided to use SPI API
>> improvements and some other improvements. so i switched to u-boot 1.3.4 .
>> I'm using AT91SAM9261 board cross compiler with GCC 3.4.1. i was able to
> 
> May I ask why you decided to switch from an ancient to a very old
> version, and not to a current one?
> 
> U-Boot 1.3.4 is more than a year old. Current release is v2009.08
> 
> Also, GCC 3.4.x is very, very old.
> 
> Why are you not using a recent tool chain?
>  since i use AT91SAM9261 boards the latest patch available for that board
> is u-boot-1.3.4 
> so i used u-boot-1.3.4. i used 2009-08 version and compiled but there is
> no support patch file for tat.
> i got this info frm linux4sam.org.
> 
>> compile the u-boot but only few of files compiled. in the /common/
>> directory
>> i want to compile cmd_fat.c and cmd_spi.c . though these files are there
>> in
>> Makefile im unable to compile. may i know what i need to do to compile
>> these
>> files in u-boot? do i need to enable something? thanks.:confused:
> 
> I don't know what you are doing, buyt I can teel you that U-Boot
> releases 1.3.4 and 2009.08 build fine in all our tests;
> we used ELDK 3.1.1 (gcc 3.3.3) through ELDK 4.2 (gcc 4.2.2) for this.
> 
> If you have problems, then you either must be doing something wrong,
> oryour tool chain is broken - but you don't provide enough information
> for any diagnosis of the actual problem.
>  All i was tryin to do is to compile cmd_fat.c and cmd_spi.c files
> /common/ folder. 
> im not saying that i cant compile u-boot . i was able to compile u-boot
> but with only less commands. i wanted to use fatls and fatload , sspi and
> some other commands. these files are there in makefile but still i cant
> compile them.
> i tried modifying Makefile by changing this particular line 
> COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_FAT) += cmd_fat.o 
>  to 
> COBJS-y += cmd_fat.o
> but the compiler gave a error  which im posting here 
> 
> common/libcommon.a(cmd_fat.o): In function `do_fat_fsload':
> /home/ravikulkarni/dasuboot_airforce/u-boot-1.3.4/common/cmd_fat.c:64:
> undefined reference to `fat_register_device'
> /home/ravikulkarni/dasuboot_airforce/u-boot-1.3.4/common/cmd_fat.c:73:
> undefined reference to `file_fat_read'
> common/libcommon.a(cmd_fat.o): In function `do_fat_ls':
> /home/ravikulkarni/dasuboot_airforce/u-boot-1.3.4/common/cmd_fat.c:123:
> undefined reference to `fat_register_device'
> /home/ravikulkarni/dasuboot_airforce/u-boot-1.3.4/common/cmd_fat.c:130:
> undefined reference to `file_fat_ls'
> common/libcommon.a(cmd_fat.o): In function `do_fat_fsinfo':
> /home/ravikulkarni/dasuboot_airforce/u-boot-1.3.4/common/cmd_fat.c:168:
> undefined reference to `fat_register_device'
> /home/ravikulkarni/dasuboot_airforce/u-boot-1.3.4/common/cmd_fat.c:172:
> undefined reference to `file_fat_detectfs'
>  
>  but  i have checked tat all these functions are defined in fat.h 
> so i may know what exactly is going wrong? and can anybody give a link for
> the latest toolchain  which is advisable to compile u-boot?  thanks a lot
> for ur reply
> 
> warm regards,
> Ravi Kulkarni 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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