Hi Christian, On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bin, > > 2014-12-02 5:38 GMT+01:00 Bin Meng <bmeng...@gmail.com>: >> Hi Bruce, >> >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 4:28 AM, <bruce_leon...@selinc.com> wrote: >>> Simon, >>> >>>> From: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> >>>> To: bruce_leon...@selinc.com >>>> Cc: "tr...@ti.com" <tr...@ti.com>, U-Boot Mailing List <u- >>>> b...@lists.denx.de>, u-boot-boun...@lists.denx.de, Bin Meng >>>> <bmeng...@gmail.com> >>>> Date: 12/01/2014 12:14 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Bare x86 support is merged to u-boot-x86 >>>> Sent by: s...@google.com >>>> >>>> +Bin >>>> >>>> Hi Bruce, >>>> >>>> On 1 December 2014 at 12:33, <bruce_leon...@selinc.com> wrote: >>>> > Hi Simon and Bin, >>>> > >>>> > u-boot-boun...@lists.denx.de wrote on 11/25/2014 01:51:06 PM: >>>> > >>>> >> From: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> >>>> >> To: U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot@lists.denx.de> >>>> >> Cc: "tr...@ti.com" <tr...@ti.com> >>>> >> Date: 11/25/2014 01:52 PM >>>> >> Subject: [U-Boot] Bare x86 support is merged to u-boot-x86 >>>> >> Sent by: u-boot-boun...@lists.denx.de >>>> >> >>>> >> Hi Bin (and others interested in U-Boot on x86), >>>> >> >>>> >> I've applied the remaining x86 patches to u-boot-x86. It runs on >>>> >> chromebook_link (Pixel) with support for most hardware relevant to a >>>> >> boot loader: SDRAM, SPI, PCI, USB (and USB Ethernet), SATA (internal >>>> >> 32GB SSD), SD card, LCD, UART, keyboard, EC. >>>> >> >>>> >> Bin this should be a good base for you to send patches for your Atom >>>> >> platform and I have no major work pending now so should not get in >>>> >> your way. >>>> >> >>>> >> Instructions on how to build and run are here: >>>> >> >>>> >> http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/X86 >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> For this platform 4 binary blobs are needed. This is an unavoidable >>>> >> feature of the platform at present. The blobs cover flash descriptor, >>>> >> SDRAM init, video init and Management Engine. Instructions on how to >>>> >> get these are on the same page. >>>> >> >>>> >> Here is a list of some missing features: >>>> >> >>>> >> - README.x86 in the source (mostly the content from the Wiki page >>>> >> would be a good start) >>>> >> - MTRR support (for performance) >>>> >> - Audio >>>> >> - Chrome OS verified boot (only a rough rebase has been done, I'm not >>>> >> sure how to track mainline anyway) >>>> >> - SMI and ACPI support, to provide platform info and facilities to >>>> >> Linux >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > This is awesome! Thanks so much for the work you two have done on this. >>>> > We've been using u-boot on our PPC platforms for years and love it. >>>> > We're >>>> > considering moving to an Atom processor and wanted to continue to use >>>> > u-boot, but were worried about getting it up and running with the FSL >>>> > from >>>> > Intel so we haven't made the jump yet. This is going to be a hugeleg up >>>> > in >>>> > my argument for actually getting that project off the ground. If we do, >>>> > I'll be sure to be pushing out any work we do that isn't in the >>>> > mainline. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks again guys! >>>> >>>> Sounds good! What Atom are you using? It might be the same one as Bin. >>> >>> Not sure yet. We had originally settled on the first one Intel put out, but >>> since we've waited so long and we're not locked in by design yet, we'll >>> probably pick a newer generation. Our products tend to be in service for a >>> long time (upwards of 20 years) so we like to get as cutting edge as we can >>> without losing a finger :) >> >> I am currently working on patches to support Intel Atom E6xx with >> Platform Controller Hub EG20T. This Atom platform aims at the embedded >> market. More newer Atom would be Bay Trail, which is an SoC and I >> believe Simon is going to support that platform once he gets a board. >> The latest Atom would be Braswell. If Intel keeps open for the chipset >> datasheet, I think we can try to support that too. We will see. >> > > That sound really interesting! My company is also using Intel Atom > E6xx based designs > and I would love to see u-boot/coreboot running on them. What is the > current state of your > work? >
The Atom E6xx U-Boot initial port is almost done and I plan to send patch series by the end of this week. Hopefully it could catch the last merge window of v2015.01 release. Regards, Bin _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
