Re: Customizing ubldr build...

On Thu, 24 May 2012 11:40:19 +0200
Damjan Marion <dmarion@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

>> 
>> On May 24, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote:
>> 
>> > On Thu, 24 May 2012 10:16:42 +0200
>> > Damjan Marion <dmarion@FreeBSD.org> 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" :)

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