From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Graeme Russ Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:49:09 +1000 Subject: [U-Boot] u-boot-x86 In-Reply-To: References: <4C6F2F07.9050505@gmail.com> <4C74FB9F.10807@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4C752D65.7000405@gmail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Sk, On 25/08/10 23:49, sk ong wrote: > Graeme, > > Thanks for the information. Now I know I need to take a look at coreboot > too. > > Do you know anyone has or plan to do porting for Intel Atom based uboot > or coreboot or other boot loader? Not specifically however I understand that the Atom is an x86/x64 based processor which makes life a little easier. Depending on the use-case, I think U-Boot could be useful. I notice the Atom is targeted at the Netbook market which Linux is particularly strong which implies good hardware driver support (i.e. re-usable driver code) which could (potentially) make the porting process easier. I notice there is a work in progress for coreboot on only one Intel Atom motherboard (the D945GCLF) - Not a lot of support there. Are you designing the hardware yourself or is this for an existing design? I suppose the next big questions relate to your experience with the x86 architecture. It is a real pain to work with with a steep learning curve Regards, Graeme