From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 10:03:52 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF291065674; Thu, 24 May 2012 10:03:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ray@ddteam.net) Received: from smtp.dlink.ua (smtp.dlink.ua [193.138.187.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5663D8FC1C; Thu, 24 May 2012 10:03:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from terran.dlink.ua (unknown [192.168.10.90]) (Authenticated sender: ray) by smtp.dlink.ua (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3EC95C4936; Thu, 24 May 2012 13:03:23 +0300 (EEST) Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:03:57 +0300 From: Aleksandr Rybalko To: Damjan Marion Message-Id: <20120524130357.00035a7b.ray@ddteam.net> In-Reply-To: <8E4F983B-75F7-45DB-A92E-E66C721896E5@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120524112546.bdef0c3c.ray@dlink.ua> <8E4F983B-75F7-45DB-A92E-E66C721896E5@FreeBSD.org> Organization: DDTeam.net X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: arm@freebsd.org, Adrian Chadd , Tim Kientzle , freebsd-current FreeBSD Subject: Re: Customizing ubldr build... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 10:03:53 -0000 On Thu, 24 May 2012 11:40:19 +0200 Damjan Marion wrote: >> >> On May 24, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: >> >> > On Thu, 24 May 2012 10:16:42 +0200 >> > Damjan Marion wrote: >> > >> >>> >> >>> On May 24, 2012, at 6:35 AM, Tim Kientzle wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> I think the PandaBoard ES is fully supported by U-Boot, >> >>>> so it should be possible to use ubldr as part of the boot >> >>>> chain for that just like I've been doing with BeagleBone. >> >>> >> >>> What are the benefits of using ubldr compared to what we are >> >>> doing today(load; go)? >> > >> > Preload modules for example. (if it accessible of course) >> >> I was looking into this few months ago but I didn't found a value in >> doing this in embedded world where we already have custom kernel for >> each SoC/board. >> >> Maybe we will have GENERIC arm kernel one day, but there is long >> road.... Agree with you. Most of my devices load kernel from just mapped flash chip partition. But now I have two PC style boxes: 1. Efika MX Smartbook 2. Efika MX Smarttop both with FreeScale i.MX515 ARM SoC + 4M NOR for loader (I put second uboot + ubldr into it) + 8G SSD Which must be controllable by user, just like we do on PC. Of course it is not urgent feature, but "good to have" :) >> >> Damjan_______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" WBW -- Aleksandr Rybalko