[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Leonid]

Hi:

I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must deal with
Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working so far with
Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is going to be very close
to Interpid reference design. 

If somebody of you folks can point me to the best u-boot and Linux
resources for this CPU and board, I would really appreciate that.

Thanks,

Leonid.

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Peter Pearse]

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> Of Leonid
> Sent: 01 February 2008 12:32
> To: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must 
> deal with Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working 
> so far with Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is 
> going to be very close to Interpid reference design. 
> 
> If somebody of you folks can point me to the best u-boot 

--snip --

resources for this CPU and board

The code available via

cg-clone http://source.denx.net/git/u-boot.git

contains several mpc85xx based boards.

See also

http://www.denx.de/wiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual


Regards

Peter

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Clemens Koller]

Leonid schrieb:
> Hi:
> 
> I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must deal with
> Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working so far with
> Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is going to be very close
> to Interpid reference design. 
> 
> If somebody of you folks can point me to the best u-boot and Linux
> resources for this CPU and board, I would really appreciate that.

Depending on board hardware-compatibility, it's best to use the latest U-Boot
release from: ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ or the latest
git-tree: http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary

I am fine (for mpc8540 and mpc8548) with Linus' 2.6.24 tree from kernel.org.
For development purposes, however, checkout the latest paulus.git from:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git;a=summary
YMMV.

For a toolchain, you can go with the Denx' ELDK or use my native CRUX
Linux distro which will be published, when I'll find some spare time. :-)

Regards,

Clemens

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Kumar Gala]

On Feb 1, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Clemens Koller wrote:

> Leonid schrieb:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must deal with
>> Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working so far with
>> Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is going to be very  
>> close
>> to Interpid reference design.
>>
>> If somebody of you folks can point me to the best u-boot and Linux
>> resources for this CPU and board, I would really appreciate that.
>
> Depending on board hardware-compatibility, it's best to use the  
> latest U-Boot
> release from: ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ or the latest
> git-tree: http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
>
> I am fine (for mpc8540 and mpc8548) with Linus' 2.6.24 tree from  
> kernel.org.
> For development purposes, however, checkout the latest paulus.git  
> from:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git;a=summary
> YMMV.
>
> For a toolchain, you can go with the Denx' ELDK or use my native CRUX
> Linux distro which will be published, when I'll find some spare  
> time. :-)

I agree with the guys that using the latest u-boot/kernel from git is  
your best choice.  We've been making a lot of changes to 85xx support  
recently and if you intend for your board port to get back into the  
community it will be easier to start from something current.

Also, Freescale provides prebuilt toolchains as part of their 'BSPs'.   
(I'd skip using the BSP for kernel/u-boot at this point).

http://www.freescale.com/linux

- k

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Kumar Gala]

On Feb 1, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Kumar Gala wrote:

>
> On Feb 1, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Clemens Koller wrote:
>
>> Leonid schrieb:
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must deal with
>>> Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working so far with
>>> Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is going to be very
>>> close
>>> to Interpid reference design.
>>>
>>> If somebody of you folks can point me to the best u-boot and Linux
>>> resources for this CPU and board, I would really appreciate that.
>>
>> Depending on board hardware-compatibility, it's best to use the
>> latest U-Boot
>> release from: ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ or the latest
>> git-tree: http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u- 
>> boot.git;a=summary
>>
>> I am fine (for mpc8540 and mpc8548) with Linus' 2.6.24 tree from
>> kernel.org.
>> For development purposes, however, checkout the latest paulus.git
>> from:
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulus/ 
>> powerpc.git;a=summary
>> YMMV.
>>
>> For a toolchain, you can go with the Denx' ELDK or use my native CRUX
>> Linux distro which will be published, when I'll find some spare
>> time. :-)
>
> I agree with the guys that using the latest u-boot/kernel from git is
> your best choice.  We've been making a lot of changes to 85xx support
> recently and if you intend for your board port to get back into the
> community it will be easier to start from something current.
>
> Also, Freescale provides prebuilt toolchains as part of their 'BSPs'.
> (I'd skip using the BSP for kernel/u-boot at this point).
>
> http://www.freescale.com/linux

Also, forgot to say we have the MPC8544 DS board in u-boot today  
(boards/freescale/mpc8544ds)

- k

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Jon Loeliger]

Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Clemens Koller wrote:
> 
>> Leonid schrieb:
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must deal with
>>> Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working so far with
>>> Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is going to be very  
>>> close to Interpid reference design.
>>>

> I agree with the guys that using the latest u-boot/kernel from git is  
> your best choice.  We've been making a lot of changes to 85xx support  
> recently and if you intend for your board port to get back into the  
> community it will be easier to start from something current.
> 

I might also point out that there is also a specific custodian
repository on denx.de for 85xx.

jdl

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Leonid]

Yes, I saw in u-boot depot though didn't try to run it yet (didn't get
reference design). Is it the same called "Interpid"?

Leonid.

-----Original Message-----
From: u-boot-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:u-boot-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Kumar
Gala
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:50 AM
To: Kumar Gala
Cc: Leonid; u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support


On Feb 1, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Kumar Gala wrote:

>
> On Feb 1, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Clemens Koller wrote:
>
>> Leonid schrieb:
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must deal with 
>>> Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working so far with 
>>> Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is going to be very 
>>> close to Interpid reference design.
>>>
>>> If somebody of you folks can point me to the best u-boot and Linux 
>>> resources for this CPU and board, I would really appreciate that.
>>
>> Depending on board hardware-compatibility, it's best to use the 
>> latest U-Boot release from: ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ or the 
>> latest
>> git-tree: http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-
>> boot.git;a=summary
>>
>> I am fine (for mpc8540 and mpc8548) with Linus' 2.6.24 tree from 
>> kernel.org.
>> For development purposes, however, checkout the latest paulus.git
>> from:
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulus/
>> powerpc.git;a=summary
>> YMMV.
>>
>> For a toolchain, you can go with the Denx' ELDK or use my native CRUX

>> Linux distro which will be published, when I'll find some spare time.

>> :-)
>
> I agree with the guys that using the latest u-boot/kernel from git is 
> your best choice.  We've been making a lot of changes to 85xx support 
> recently and if you intend for your board port to get back into the 
> community it will be easier to start from something current.
>
> Also, Freescale provides prebuilt toolchains as part of their 'BSPs'.
> (I'd skip using the BSP for kernel/u-boot at this point).
>
> http://www.freescale.com/linux

Also, forgot to say we have the MPC8544 DS board in u-boot today
(boards/freescale/mpc8544ds)

- k

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[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Leonid]

Do I really need any special toolchain or ELDK 4.1 will do?  

-----Original Message-----
From: Kumar Gala [mailto:galak at kernel.crashing.org] 
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:42 AM
To: Clemens Koller
Cc: Leonid; u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support


On Feb 1, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Clemens Koller wrote:

> Leonid schrieb:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must deal with 
>> Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working so far with 
>> Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is going to be very 
>> close to Interpid reference design.
>>
>> If somebody of you folks can point me to the best u-boot and Linux 
>> resources for this CPU and board, I would really appreciate that.
>
> Depending on board hardware-compatibility, it's best to use the latest

> U-Boot release from: ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ or the latest
> git-tree: http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
>
> I am fine (for mpc8540 and mpc8548) with Linus' 2.6.24 tree from 
> kernel.org.
> For development purposes, however, checkout the latest paulus.git
> from:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git;a=summary
> YMMV.
>
> For a toolchain, you can go with the Denx' ELDK or use my native CRUX 
> Linux distro which will be published, when I'll find some spare time. 
> :-)

I agree with the guys that using the latest u-boot/kernel from git is
your best choice.  We've been making a lot of changes to 85xx support
recently and if you intend for your board port to get back into the
community it will be easier to start from something current.

Also, Freescale provides prebuilt toolchains as part of their 'BSPs'.   
(I'd skip using the BSP for kernel/u-boot at this point).

http://www.freescale.com/linux

- k

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Jon Loeliger]

On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 10:35, Leonid wrote:
> Yes, I saw in u-boot depot though didn't try to run it yet (didn't get
> reference design). Is it the same called "Interpid"?
> 
> Leonid.

Yes.

jdl

[U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support

[Kumar Gala]

eldk 4.1 for 85xx should be fine.  (just make sure to get the 85xx one)

- k

On Feb 1, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Leonid wrote:

> Do I really need any special toolchain or ELDK 4.1 will do?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kumar Gala [mailto:galak at kernel.crashing.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:42 AM
> To: Clemens Koller
> Cc: Leonid; u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] mpc8544 u-boot support
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Clemens Koller wrote:
>
>> Leonid schrieb:
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I am not new in u-boot, but this is the first time I must deal with
>>> Freescale CPU, namely mpc8544 (I have been working so far with
>>> Microblaze, ARM9, ppc440 and ppc405). My board is going to be very
>>> close to Interpid reference design.
>>>
>>> If somebody of you folks can point me to the best u-boot and Linux
>>> resources for this CPU and board, I would really appreciate that.
>>
>> Depending on board hardware-compatibility, it's best to use the  
>> latest
>
>> U-Boot release from: ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ or the latest
>> git-tree: http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u- 
>> boot.git;a=summary
>>
>> I am fine (for mpc8540 and mpc8548) with Linus' 2.6.24 tree from
>> kernel.org.
>> For development purposes, however, checkout the latest paulus.git
>> from:
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulus/ 
>> powerpc.git;a=summary
>> YMMV.
>>
>> For a toolchain, you can go with the Denx' ELDK or use my native CRUX
>> Linux distro which will be published, when I'll find some spare time.
>> :-)
>
> I agree with the guys that using the latest u-boot/kernel from git is
> your best choice.  We've been making a lot of changes to 85xx support
> recently and if you intend for your board port to get back into the
> community it will be easier to start from something current.
>
> Also, Freescale provides prebuilt toolchains as part of their 'BSPs'.
> (I'd skip using the BSP for kernel/u-boot at this point).
>
> http://www.freescale.com/linux
>
> - k