if you enjoy pain, go ahead and try to port u-boot to your x86 based board...
--- Marc Leeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > based. I've used u-boot for ppc based boards almost > exclusively > > Hmf, you're kidding right? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.10]$ ls -1d > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_* > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_arm > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_generic > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_i386 > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_m68k > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_microblaze > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_mips > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_nios > ../../../u-boot-1.1.1/lib_ppc > > And this is just an old version (1.1.2 was tagged last year in > CVS). > > > and I can tell you from experience, u-boot is not the way to > for > > x86 based boards (not enough support for that platform). I > just > > I agree that U-boot evolved from a ppc platform, but > considering the > activity on the u-boot mailing list and the platform support > list... > > Hence das U-Boot (Universal Boot) instead of ppcboot. > > I re-ported a ppc-board from ppcboot to u-boot and was very > pleased with > the structure of the code and the ease of porting. I only > needed to make > 1 change in board.c specific to our board (remind me, I should > ask on > the mailing list what the correct (tm) approach would be). > > Furthermore, I like Wolfgangs no-nonsense and sarcastic (a > lost art) > remarks on the list >:) (next to his expertise and effort to > answer > most if not all mails to the list). > > > recently purchased a Epia MII board and in the process of > > bringing up LinuxBios V2 on it. If I were you I would > serioulsy > > consider LinuxBios for your x86 based platform... > > There might be alternatives (of course), but I have no > expertise with > those. > > -- > Marc Leeman > R&D Firmware Engineer > > Barco Control Rooms > Noordlaan 5, Industriezone, B-8520 Kuurne (BE) > Tel. +32 56 368 428 > http://www.barcocontrolrooms.com > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
