[PATCH v3 1/2] powerpc: Board support for GE Fanuc SBC610

Martyn Welch martyn.welch at gefanuc.com
Fri Sep 5 01:41:08 EST 2008


On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:26:35 -0400
Jerry Van Baren <gvb.linuxppc.dev at gmail.com> wrote:

> Martyn Welch wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:04:18 -0500
> > Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> >> what u-boot version are you using/shipping with these boards?
> > 
> > U-boot 1.2.0
> 
> 1.2.0 predates the libfdt support.  You probably don't have any fdt 
> support in your u-boot (if you do, it is old and crude and probably 
> doesn't any of the fixups that Kumar refers to).
> 
> I would strongly recommend you upgrade to the tip o' the tree or at 
> least the latest release (1.3.4).  FDT support will be *much* better - 
> we now has generic utility routines that fix up lots of stuff for you 
> rather than the crufty by-hand fixups (if any) from the 1.2.0 timeframe.
> 

Unfortunately that's not something I have the power to do. I'm stuck with 1.2.0.

Martyn

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