Ulf Samuelson wrote: >> There are no Atmel AT91SAM9 dev boards which uses a parallel flash.
> This is not quite true. I'm able to boot a AT91SAM9263-EK board via EBI > NOR flash and an AT91Bootstrap/Atmel modified U-Boot right now. Did I > misunderstand your statement above? If you check the schematics, you will find "not mounted" on the 4 MB parallel flash. I doubt that there has been any significant number of AT91SAM9 kits shipped with this mounted. The original question was why AT91bootstrap was not ported to U-boot, and the focus from the S/W group is on dataflash and NAND flash support. This is also what most customers (that I know of) are using. > One needs only to solder an appropriate EBI NOR chip to the > AT91SAM9263-EK board and install the BMS jumper to allow parallel flash > booting. Unfortunately, the boards in the AT91SAM9260-EK and > AT91SAM9261-EK can't support an EBI NOR flash due to intentional design > limitations. They can, by adding a PCB to the EBI connector. There has been some progress here on the S/W side, but I am still waiting for the release. > Sincerely, > Ken Fuchs 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
