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From: Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2][v2] Add readme of how to boot from espi flash for p4080ds.
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:06:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2vd3tr2rt.fsf@ohwell.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1055C6A5-C95F-4B07-A248-94900F87D181@kernel.crashing.org> (Kumar Gala's message of "Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:01:44 -0600")

Hi Kumar,

>>> Creating an RCW from scratch is more complicated, which is why we
>>> have that javascript tool -- though we could provide some example RCWs
>>> for common configs.
>> 
>> Just for my information - it sounds like the RCW is really complex.  If
>> RCW still expands to "reset control word", I would expect it to be 32
>> bits though.  It is rather common for U-Boot porters to determine 32-bit
>> values for specific registers without using a javascript tool, so maybe
>> I'm wrong here.
>
> On P4080 (and future devices) it is 512 bits of data so not as trivial
> as our older parts that used a simple 32-bit RCW.

Ah I see.  So rather than being a _word_ it's more like a reset control
_story_ :)

Thanks
  Detlev

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-19 11:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-16  8:50 [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2][v2] Add readme of how to boot from espi flash for p4080ds Shaohui Xie
2010-11-16 10:34 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-16 16:21   ` Detlev Zundel
2010-11-17 17:19     ` Kumar Gala
2010-11-17 20:54       ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-16 21:54   ` Scott Wood
2010-11-16 22:02     ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-16 22:18       ` Scott Wood
2010-11-17 10:25     ` Xie Shaohui-B21989
2010-11-17 12:42       ` Detlev Zundel
2010-11-17 20:12         ` Scott Wood
2010-11-18 16:27           ` Detlev Zundel
2010-11-18 17:01             ` Kumar Gala
2010-11-19 11:06               ` Detlev Zundel [this message]
2010-11-17 13:21       ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-11-17 20:57       ` Scott Wood

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