Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > But does U-Boot properly provide machine information to the kernel these > > days? I have been and still being burned by U-Boot hardcoding the > > _wrong_ machine ID, and therefore custom built kernels from k.o simply > > won't boot on those boards without hacking the kernel source. > With "our" U-Boot you can override the compiled-in machid with an > environment variable. I didn't implement this patch but I think it's > not that difficult. I will check tomorrow if I can easily get a patch > out of our scm.
I proposed this patch for a long time, but it was rejected by Wolfgang. I am seeing multiple companies implementing small CPU modules incorporating CPU + FPGA, and the customers will adopt the FPGA code for their own need, and then they need to create a new machine id. Having such a patch will allow people in this situation to use the U-Boot on the board without recompilation. Best Regards Ulf Samuelsson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
