From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 26 17:51:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ppc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38951065670 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 17:51:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout013.mac.com (asmtpout013.mac.com [17.148.16.88]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3BA08FC0C for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 17:51:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from [172.24.105.139] (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp013.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KK9009FRG3JSP10@asmtp013.mac.com>; Tue, 26 May 2009 09:51:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-id: From: Marcel Moolenaar To: ppc@FreeBSD.org Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 09:50:08 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) Cc: Rafal Jaworowski Subject: MPC8555CDS: U-Boot vs loader compatibility X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:51:48 -0000 All, I think I recently updated the FreeBSD loader on my CDS that has U-Boot version 1.3.2-rc1 on it (yes, that sounds rather fuzzy :-) In any case, the latest PowerPC U-Boot loader is having a problem with netbooting. I see packets being transmitted (BOOTP), but none of the responses seem to arrive at the loader. Then the ARP resolution is attempted, which fails as well. I'm assuming there's an incompatibility between my U-Boot and the loader so I tried building U-Boot on my FreeBSD box, but that's failing due to FDT fodder in tools/mkimage. In short: Linuxisms. So, before I dive into U-Boot build issues and waste my time on that, can someone tell me if I *do* need to upgrade and which U-Boot version (at minimum) I need? Also: did U-Boot grow support to boot from IDE/ATA that's in the VIA chipset on the mainboard? Thanks, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com