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* [U-Boot] QE firmware/microcode handling
@ 2012-09-20  9:49 Gerlando Falauto
  2012-09-20 15:16 ` Wolfgang Denk
  2012-09-20 15:22 ` Timur Tabi
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Gerlando Falauto @ 2012-09-20  9:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: u-boot

Hi everyone,

following up Timur's patch on QE microcode:

http://marc.info/?l=u-boot&m=132197537730440&w=2

I was wondering, would it make any sense to *embed* QE's firmware within 
u-boot image itself?
After all, it should be some ~64KB worth of data, right?
Not quite sure whether this has ever been done for similar purposes, but 
to me it looks way more convenient to have a single image file to be 
flashed, rather than reserving room (e.g. within the same NOR flash 
where u-boot lies) for it.
Easier upgrading of this microcode from within the application, is 
perhaps the only reason I could think of for *NOT* doing so.
How to actually implement it, well that's another issue, and on that I'm 
open to suggestions, too.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Thanks in advance,
Gerlando

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2012-09-20  9:49 [U-Boot] QE firmware/microcode handling Gerlando Falauto
2012-09-20 15:16 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-20 15:22 ` Timur Tabi
2012-09-20 18:24   ` Scott Wood
2012-09-20 21:28     ` Timur Tabi
2012-09-21  1:55       ` McClintock Matthew-B29882
2012-09-21  8:32   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH] SBx81CFC960: embed Fman microcode in the bootloader judge.packham at gmail.com
2012-09-21 11:32     ` Tabi Timur-B04825
2012-09-21 15:58     ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-21 16:30       ` Timur Tabi
2012-09-22  9:44       ` Chris Packham
2012-09-24 14:25         ` Timur Tabi

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