On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:20:12 +0100 Stefan Roese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Zoltan, > > On Saturday 09 February 2008, Zoltan HERPAI wrote: > > I've recently got an Ebony board (440GP) with the original bootloader > > (440GP 1.18 ROM Monitor) which I would like to replace with U-boot. Is > > there a way to boot an U-boot image via TFTP to replace the bootloader, > > or is it possible only with using a JTAG? I've googled through the > > mailing list, but most of the related hits are dated back in 2004-2005, > > they say no, one have to use JTAG, but some time passed since then, and > > I would like to know if there is a way for this. > > Does the original ROM monitor support writing to onboard FLASH? If yes, it > should be possible. It doesn't. Theoretically, you can boot Linux and use MTD on the flash to load U-Boot. I wouldn't recommend it without a JTAG debugger around to fix things in case they get screwed up. josh _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
