[U-Boot-Users] Getting Started Porting U-Boot to M5329EVB board

Robert S. Grimes
2007-05-04T02:03:40Z

w.wegner at astro-kom.de wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> I started a port to MCF53xx, but it is basically untested. Current state is: compile-clean,
> ethernet is not implemented (all configuration options involving network have to be disabled),
> but not tested on a board. I used the MCF52xx for my modifications, as you were already
> suggested to do.
>
Hi Wolfgang,

I've followed your directions, which were pretty easy, given I had just
done it yesterday for my first attempt. However, when I tried to
compile my port of your stuff, it fails in an unexpected area -
specifically, it fails attempting to build the tools! To make sure it
wasn't my stuff (pretty sure it couldn't have been, but I've been
confused before!), I tried to build your cobra5329, using the following:

make clean
make cobra5329_config
make

I got the exact same error, so it's clear it isn't my stuff. Here is
the message

make[1]: Entering directory `/root/u-boot-git/tools`
make[1]: *** No rule to make target
`/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.5/include/stddef.h', needed by
'img2srec.o'. Stop.

Seems some incompatibility in our respective gcc setup. BTW, I have
Gentoo Linux, and am using gcc 3.4.4 - my libraries show up under
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.4. I don't know how the u-boot build
system determines where to look, but it's clearly looking in the wrong
place for me! Any ideas?

BTW: Am I to understand the MCF532x family is approximately equal to the
MCF537x family, with respect to porting u-boot?

Thanks!
-Bob
> My problem is that I was not yet able to access the flash on any of my boards (Cobra 5329
> EVB and our prototype with MCF5373) and neither dared to use
> CONFIG_RUN_FROM_RAM (or whatever this option is called).
>
> You can grab my current tree at
> http://leila.dyna.ping.de/wolfgang/u-boot-git-mcf53xx.tar.bz2
>
> (it is based on what I got some days ago with "git clone", but I do not know if this is really the
> most actual tree)
>
> To adapt to your board, you should make a new subdirectory in "board", probably starting
> with cobra5329 as a starting population. Then edit the Makefile in the main directory
> (probably also taking the lines for cobra5329 as a starting point) and do a "make M5329EVB"
> (or whatever you want to call your port).
> You definitely have to edit cobra5329.c (which you also want to rename ;-) ) in the
> board/M5329EVB subdirectory to use the correct settings for your SDRAM. Apart from that,
> you are probably on your own, as I am not any further either. :-(
>
> Regards,
> Wolfgang
>
> On 2 May 2007 at 12:42, Robert S. Grimes wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm getting started porting U-Boot to the Freescale/LogicPD M5329EVB
>> board, based on the ColdFire MCF5329 processor. As suggested in the
>> "U-Boot Porting Guide" in the README file, I've subscribed to this list,
>> and I'm admitting I am (currently) clueless - hence this email!
>>
>> At this point, my only real question is this - has anybody done this
>> already? If so, can/will you share? Or are you working on a similar
>> port, and would you like to share the load? I'm very open to working
>> with others on this, though if there are no takers, I'll go it alone and
>> post it all later.
>>
>> Thanks, and take care,
>> -Bob
>>
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