In message <6.2.1.2.1.20050209131409.02b2b718 at mail.int.acdstar.com> you wrote: > I'm working on a custom MPC5200 board based heavily on the IceCube design > from Motorola/Freescale. We plan to use the u-boot bootloader. > > I'm looking for a tool to allow us to burn u-boot into the flash memory on > new board (with all flash devices unprogrammed). Ideally, I'd like
If you consider the fact that besides fash burning you may also want to have a working hardware debugger, you should go for a BDI2000 - especially for Linux, when MMU support is needed. > Both the "MPCBDM" and "bdm4gdb" projects haven't been updated for > years. The BDM-Tools project is more active, but only seems to support Tha't mostly because they are just working fine for the class of devices they have been designed for. The MPC5200 has no BDM interface, but a JTAG based debug interface for which it is impossible to get the necessary specifications without an NDA - an NDA which prevents any implementation under GPL. Complain with Freescale. > The 5200lite "IceCube" demo board came with a Metrowerks "Wiretap" BDM > interface, and a Green Hills "Slingshot" BDM module, but these seems to > require a large (and expensive) windows based "Development environment" And they have no idea how do deal with virtual addresses. > We may have to write our own JTAG based pin-wiggler, but this solution > tends to be extremely slow. It may be difficult to get the required documentation from Freescale, and then you will probably spend more money (in terms of your time) than you have to pay for a working tool (BDI2000). Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain
