s...@google.com wrote on 2014/11/27 17:31:47: > > Hi Jocke, > > On 27 November 2014 at 00:59, Joakim Tjernlund > <joakim.tjernl...@transmode.se> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Andy, > >> > >> On 25 November 2014 at 15:08, Andy Pont <andy.p...@sdcsystems.com> > > wrote: > >> > Hi Simon (and Bin), > >> > > >> >> I've applied the remaining x86 patches to u-boot-x86. It runs on > >> >> chromebook_link (Pixel) with support for most hardware relevant to a > >> >> boot loader: SDRAM, SPI, PCI, USB (and USB Ethernet), SATA (internal > >> >> 32GB SSD), SD card, LCD, UART, keyboard, EC. > >> >> > >> >> Bin this should be a good base for you to send patches for your Atom > >> >> platform and I have no major work pending now so should not get in > >> >> your way. > >> > > >> > Thanks for all of your efforts on getting some x86 support into > > U-Boot. > >> > Hopefully in the new year when project work is back under control I > > will > >> > have some time to get involved with this - I have almost 20 years > > experience > >> > porting commercial BIOS and UEFI solutions for x86 hardware and > > possibly a > >> > bunch of Atom C2750 hardware arriving in January. > >> > >> Sounds great! I do wonder whether U-Boot could support some UEFI > > protocols. > >> > >> > > >> > Other than the list of missing features, what are your long term > >> > goals/ambitions/desires with x86 support in U-Boot? From what I can > > see on > >> > the Coreboot mailing list it isn't the friendliest of people and > > doesn't > >> > seem to know how to deal with the binary blobs that both Intel and AMD > > seem > >> > to mandate for their chipsets now. > >> > >> It would be nice to make x86 a first-class U-Boot citizen, meaning > >> that it has a reasonable set of features as required by a reasonable > >> set of modern boards. That means supporting a few more classes of > >> chipsets. Then we get all the features that U-Boot has, hopefully > >> without to much of the BIOS-era baggage that x86 often brings along > >> (U-Boot is pretty simple to understand). I'm pretty happy that the > >> current port fits well into the U-Boot philosophy. > > > > I would love to see Intel embedded Guthrie CRB design(No graphics and 4 > > GBE eth ports): > > Processor: i7-4702EC > > PCH: Cave Creek (DH8900CC) > > > > This will be our next board in not too distant future, we do not > > have any x86 experience inhouse though :) > > > > Any chance this could be done? > > Maybe...do you have a link to Guthrie somewhere? I can't find it. If > it is sandybridge? If so then it might be very similar to the existing > support.
I don't know Intel well yet but here is something to look at: http://se.mouser.com/new/Intel/intel-i7-4700ec-4702ec/ http://www.mouser.com/ds/2/612/intel-communications-chipset-89xx-series-datasheet-257583.pdf Jocke _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
