> based. I've used u-boot for ppc based boards almost exclusively Hmf, you're kidding right? [mleeman@gemini 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:marc.leeman@barco.com
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