Someone mentioned ROMCC when I first started to inquire about V2. But it wasn't in the source tree for V2 and I had to not only go searching for it I had to figure out how to use it.:-( That is another selling point for u-boot. When I download the toolchain (ELDK3) I get everything in one place. From what I know about ROMCC, it looks like the answer to the "stack in cache" trick. I am not trying to flame or put down LB. I'm just trying to point out it's shortcomings. I was only trying to provide some constructive criticism. In about 6 months we will revisit V2 and try to see if we can use it for our cost reduced version of the existing product. Hopefully I won't be pressed for time as I am now and will be able to contribute something.:-)
--- Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank wrote: > > > and that's another problem. Why V1 and V2... > > V1 was deemed un-maintainable. All the memory init code has > to be done > in assembly with registers only and its very difficult stuff > to write. > There are also several issues with the config files. > > Eric wrote romcc which compiles C code that runs without RAM. > And the > LANL guys did a re-work on the config file parser. The > merging of the 2 > new major sub-systems essentially became V2. [If I left > anything/anyone out please someone correct me, I was but a > spectator for > all this] > > The V2 tree was then started with a fresh clean slate and the > goal to > correct some of the infrastructure problems with V1. > > V1 is still around for people like me who haven't been able to > make the > port to V2. Like you I'm still under too much time pressure > and until I > can make my video work the effort to go to V2 dosen't make > sense. One I > can deliver a proto to my customer then I'll go look at V2. > > If you are starting from scratch then don't even bother with > V1 except > for reference only. V2 is the future. Hopefully you can help > it be a > better future than V1 had. > > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
