Subject: Re: [PATCH] PowerPC 440EPx: Sequoia bootwrapper

From: Stefan Roese <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:52:12 +0200

On Tuesday 21 July 2009 17:56:40 Bob Burke wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:06:53 Stefan Roese wrote:
> >  Unfortunately it's not that easy. Earlier Sequoia board revisions are
> >  equipped with an 33.333MHz oscillator. This can be detected via a
> >  CPLD register though.
>
> Thanks, I didn't realize that. FYI our deployed platform is similar to
> Sequoia,
> but is a custom design. It has a 33 MHz system clock.

OK. Then you should add a new target for your custom board (cuboot-namexyz.c).

> >  But why are you using the boot wrapper? If your U-Boot isn't too old,
> >  you can  boot uImage directly (with dtb of course). No need for the
> >  wrapper.
>
> Since we have deployed product, using a non OF kernel, we have made the
> decision not to upgrade U-Boot in the field.

OK, understood.

Thanks,
Stefan