On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 04:46:04PM +0300, Micha Kalfon wrote: > Hello all, > > In the last few weeks I've been working on a u-boot driver for > Sandisk's (MSystems) mDoc H3 device - basically, it's a DiskOnChip > device which exposes a simple ATA interface to the software and works > differently from previous generation DoCs (see > http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2185129745.html for more). > > I implemented the following low-level features in u-boot which allow > using the DoC H3 as a boot device (currently all I need it for) : > > 1. Basic partitioning - allows statically allocating sectors for > numerous binary (raw) partitions. > 2. Writing IPL boot block - basically, the very initial 2KB of code > than run when the CPU boots. > 3. Reading and Writing of binary partitions - I place u-boot binary in > one partition to be loaded and run by the IPL and the linux kernel > uImage in another. > > Features are exposed to the user / bootscript as simple u-boot commands. > > > Does anyone see benefit from this to other u-boot users? If not, what > can be added / changed to make it so?
Great! I for one would very much like to have support for this in u-boot. Regards Lars Munch ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
