Subject: RE: Xilinx PowerPC

From: "Alan Casey" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:58:04 +0000

>-- Original Message --
>Subject: RE: Xilinx PowerPC
>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:11:19 -0800
>From: "Stephen Neuendorffer" <[email-masked]>
>To: <[email-masked]>,
>	"Grant Likely" <[email-masked]>
>Cc: linuxppc-embedded <[email-masked]>
>
>
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>   Just wondering - is it possible to use U-Boot on the Xilinx XUPV2PRO
>>   board or any similar tools (such as libfdt?) to copy a Linux kernel
>and
>> 
>>   ramdisk filesystem from a SystemACE card to memory, uncompress them
>and
>> 
>>   boot the Linux kernel etc?? If so is there any notes/docs about how
>to
>> do
>>   this or similar online anywhere?
>> 
>>   Any info. appreciated,
>>   Regards&Thanks,
>>   Alan.
>
>In theory, yes...  All the infrastructure to do this exists, but I don't
>know of anyone who as actually tried it yet with ARCH=powerpc kernels.
>There 
>
>Steve

 So i can try the latest official U-Boot releases with the ML300 configuration
or is there a port or similar of U-Boot for the Xilinx XUPV2PRO board??

  Regards&Thanks,
  Alan.