[U-Boot-Users] neo1973 uboot details

[U-Boot-Users] neo1973 uboot details

[Tiju]

Hi all

I am new to u-boot and I am trying to build an image
for the neo1973. But the board type is not present in
the source file that I downloaded
(u-boot-1.3.0-rc3.tar.gz). 

I have gone through the help files in
http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/Manual. But they discuss
how to configure uboot for predefined boards.

1. Where would I get the board specific files for
neo1973?
2. If I get the files, how would I integrate it with
the u-boot source code?

I have got the patches from the openmoko project
(http://patches.openmoko.org/openmoko-uboot/) but from
where will I get the source files.. or is it possible
patch the uboot without them. If possible please
suggest me how I could do that.

Actually, my requirement is to build u-boot for the
S3C2440A processor and boot the kernel from a nand
flash.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Tiju Jacob


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[U-Boot-Users] neo1973 uboot details

[Jerry Van Baren]

Tiju wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I am new to u-boot and I am trying to build an image
> for the neo1973. But the board type is not present in
> the source file that I downloaded
> (u-boot-1.3.0-rc3.tar.gz). 
> 
> I have gone through the help files in
> http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/Manual. But they discuss
> how to configure uboot for predefined boards.
> 
> 1. Where would I get the board specific files for
> neo1973?
> 2. If I get the files, how would I integrate it with
> the u-boot source code?
> 
> I have got the patches from the openmoko project
> (http://patches.openmoko.org/openmoko-uboot/) but from
> where will I get the source files.. or is it possible
> patch the uboot without them. If possible please
> suggest me how I could do that.
> 
> Actually, my requirement is to build u-boot for the
> S3C2440A processor and boot the kernel from a nand
> flash.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Tiju Jacob

Hi Tiju,

I don't believe the neo1973 project has been accepted into the mainline 
u-boot repository.  You need to use the openmoku sources.
   <http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/U-boot>
That page is pretty shy on details on how do do what you asked (starting 
with what version of u-boot to apply the special patches to).

I would suggest your best approach is to ask questions on an 
openmoko-devel list and enhance the wiki page.
   <http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/openmoko-devel>

Best regards,
gvb

[U-Boot-Users] neo1973 uboot details

[Harald Welte]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:35:30AM -0400, Jerry Van Baren wrote:
> Hi Tiju,
> 
> I don't believe the neo1973 project has been accepted into the mainline 
> u-boot repository.  You need to use the openmoku sources.

yes, that is true.  We have quite invasive changes which I hoped to
avoid, and I'm still merging and catching up with mainline uboot. The
kernel patchset is much cleaner, since it's much easier to integrate new
code without touching too much existing core/infrastructure.

But now the time has come, I'm about to restructure the patches and will
try to submit those parts of our patchset which I am not too embarrassed
to submit soon.

Many of them are not neo1973 related, but general updates to the quite
outdated s3c24xx code inside u-boot.  Is there anyone officially maintaining that
s3c24xx code?  I noticed that there now is an u-boot ARM maintainer, but
I'm not aware of any cpu specific maintainer so far.

Stay tuned.
-- 
- Harald Welte <laforge@openmoko.org>          	        http://openmoko.org/
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[U-Boot-Users] neo1973 uboot details

[Stefan Roese]

On Wednesday 05 December 2007, Harald Welte wrote:
> > I don't believe the neo1973 project has been accepted into the mainline
> > u-boot repository.  You need to use the openmoku sources.
>
> yes, that is true.  We have quite invasive changes which I hoped to
> avoid, and I'm still merging and catching up with mainline uboot. The
> kernel patchset is much cleaner, since it's much easier to integrate new
> code without touching too much existing core/infrastructure.
>
> But now the time has come, I'm about to restructure the patches and will
> try to submit those parts of our patchset which I am not too embarrassed
> to submit soon.

That would be great. Thanks.

> Many of them are not neo1973 related, but general updates to the quite
> outdated s3c24xx code inside u-boot.  Is there anyone officially
> maintaining that s3c24xx code?  I noticed that there now is an u-boot ARM
> maintainer, but I'm not aware of any cpu specific maintainer so far.

No. There are no specific ARM subsystem maintainer right now (with the Intel 
IXP as an exception). Though we might need them at some time.

> Stay tuned.

Will do.

Best regards,
Stefan

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