[U-Boot] uboot newbie question on booting ep405 board

[Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>]

Hi David,

On 19.04.2013 01:24, David Li wrote:
> I am trying to build a new uboot image version 2013.01.01 in
> buildroot. The buildroot "make menuconfig" asks for "uboot board
> name". I tried to give it "EP405" but this failed the build as it
> wasn't able to find such a configuration. How can I find out about the
> right name for the board used by buildroot? I think my board is just a
> generic ppc board and should have been supported long ago.

IIRC, then the "EP405" board was has never been supported in mainline
U-Boot. From the Linux kernel (which seem to support it) I can see that
it is the "Embedded Planet EP405" board. Is this correct?

I think you have 2 options:

a) Get the U-Boot sources from the board vendor and modify/port it to
the latest version.

b) Port U-Boot to the EP405 from scratch using some other 405 boards as
reference. That should no be that hard.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Stefan