PPCBoot 2.0.0 Errors

[Sette Agostino]

Wolfgang,

As I told you, I tried to produce the U-boot, but I am nont confident on the
version (1.0.0).
Could you suggest me the latest stale version I must get?

Thanks

Best Regards,
Agostino Sette


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-----Original Message-----
From: wd at denx.de [mailto:wd at denx.de] 
Sent: martedì 8 novembre 2005 10.09
To: Sette Agostino
Cc: linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: PPCBoot 2.0.0 Errors 

In message <69DF49BE936F4441980EC1D59F0ADC2F0108C267 at aqlby02a.siemens.it>
you wrote:
> 
> I agree with you concerning the PPCBoot. In fact in other boards we are
using U-Boot.
> We tried to use U-Boot for MPC859 but we had some problems we are trying
to
> solve.

You cannot solve  these  problems  by  downgrading  to  PPCBoot.  The
852/859/866  processors  are  definitelu *not* supported by PPCBoot -
the required changes of the clock handling were added much later. You
*must* use U-Boot.

> As far as you know to change the boot or the kernel on cards in field is
not
> so easy :-(

You mean you shipped boards to customers in  the  field  in  a  state
where you did not even decide for a final version of the boot loader?
Gosh...

> We found an unexpected beahviour regarding the Linux time tick. 

...whichis probablky cause by using PPCBoot which does not understand
to deal with a 859.

> Another interesting point is that the same kernel works well on other
TQM8xx
> modules, but not fot TQM859.

U-Boot is running perfectly fine on the TQM859 - we have these boards
here in our virtual lab; they are tested on a regular base.

> I will try to introduce the U-Boot, but I am not confident it will solve
the
> problem, what do you think about it?

I can *guarantee* you that PPCBoot is definitely worse on your hardware.

> Last question, which is the appropriate mailing list?

u-boot-users

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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