PortingUboot

Porting
Uboot
MichaelOpdenacker
FreeElectrons

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ItisrelativelyeasytoportUboottoanewboard.
Thisexplainsitssuccess.
Lookforanalreadysupportedboard
whichisascloseaspossibletoyours.
Createanewfileininclude/configs.
Forexample,havealookattheadsvix.hfile
(pxa270processor).

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Thencreatesupportcodeintheboarddirectory
Example:havealookatboard/adsvix:
adsvix.c
config.mk
lowlevel_init.S
Makefile
pcmcia.c
pxavoltage.S
uboot.lds
Youwillfindmanysimilaritieswithboard/lubbock.

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Then,addyourboardtothefollowingfiles:
MAKEALL:
LIST_pxa="\
adsvixcerf250cradlecsb226\
deltainnokomlubbockpleb2\
pxa255_idpwepep250xaeniaxxm250\
xsenginezylonite\

Makefile:
adsvix_config:unconfig
@$(MKCONFIG)$(@:_config=)armpxaadsvix
include/asmarm/machtypes.h:
#defineMACH_TYPE_ADSVIX620
(originatingfromLinuxheaders,shouldalreadybepresent)

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 OtherUbootimplementationdetails

CPUsupportimplementedinthecpu/directory
74xx_7xxarm926ejsi386mipsmpc8260niossa1100
arm1136arm946esixpmpc5xxmpc83xxnios2
arm720tarm_intcmlh7a40xmpc5xxxmpc85xxppc4xx
arm920tat32apmcf52x2mpc8220mpc86xxpxa
arm925tbf533microblazempc824xmpc8xxs3c44b0

Devicedriversimplementedindrivers/
AlotofreusefromLinuxdrivers!
Headersimplementedininclude/
andininclude/asm<arch>/(mostlyLinuxheaders)

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