Hi Geraldo, your final course project appear very interesting. As others guys already said porting U-Boot to your board is a hard work. Verifying Makefile I found for i386 only AMD SC520 boards are supported.
I think you can use coreboot (formerly LinuxBIOS) and FILO to boot your board. If your thin client board is not supported (http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards) you can use VIA pc2500 board that is being mass produced here in Brazil and is cheap. You can use this tutorial as start point if you don't have a supported hardware: http://www.coreboot.org/QEMU_Build_Tutorial Best Regards, Alan 2008/7/26 Geraldo Netto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi :) > > regarding ppc boards,oh, i didn't know that > actually i'm a 22yo newbie guy which is interested in u-boot > because i do study information systems in Brazil and i'm doing a > linux distro for thin clients(as a final course project->monograph+software) > and i got interested in u-boot because it seems the *correct* > bootloader for my project > ie: it seems far smaller than other ones and at once offers many features :) > and i also studied/setup grub/lilo/syslinux :) > i need to compare bootloaders and write down the features of each one and show > which bootloader is better for each case > ie: which one has 'best' features for diskless boot; > which one is better for local boot(size, 'dinamyc configuration(ie: > pass parameter on the fly)',...,...; > ... > > Kind Regards and Best Wishes, > > Geraldo > São Paulo, Brasil, -3gmt > site: http://exdev.sf.net/ > msn: geraldo_boca_at_hotmail.com > skype: geraldo-netto > icq: 145-061-456 > > > > 2008/7/26 Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >>> >>> sudo tar xjvf u-boot-1.3.3.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src >>> >>> then i tried: >>> >>> make distclean canyonlands_config all >>> (as i read at http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootConfiguration ) >> >> You mention "u-boot on x86" in the subjct - are you aware that the >> Canyonlands board is not x86, but PPC? >> >> What you should do is: >> >> make distclean >> make canyonlands_config >> make all >> >> Do not try to perform all there steps in a single call to make - this >> cannot work. >> >>> mbdev-deb:/usr/src/u-boot-1.3.3# make distclean canyonlands_config all >>> Configuring for canyonlands board... >>> System not configured - see README >>> make: ** [all] Erro 1 >> >> This is caused by your incorrect call to make - see above. >> >>> also, as you all can easely see, i was not able to 'configure' the system >>> i tried many other things in a 'adhoc' way and i still not able to >>> handle this :( >> >> Please read the manual - it describes step by step what to do. >> If you had follwed the examples, aboveerror could have been avoided. >> See http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/Manual?stickboard=canyonlands >> >> Best regards, >> >> Wolfgang Denk >> >> -- >> DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel >> HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany >> Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If there are self-made purgatories, then we all have to live in them. >> -- Spock, "This Side of Paradise", stardate 3417.7 >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > U-Boot-Users mailing list > U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
