Thank you... answers my question perfectly. -- Johns
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > Dear Johns Daniel, > > In message <ba5d9360901230710s69788c82hceed75a37984d...@mail.gmail.com> > you wrote: > > Is it possible -- and prudent -- to use a single u-boot binary image > > for two similar boards, one based on an e300 core and the other on an > > e500v2 core? > > No, this is not possible (at least not with reasonable efofort and > resonable code). > > > My guess is that it is not possible, but I was surprised to see that > > the e500v2-targeted toolchain did build the kernel for the e300 board > > just fine. > > That's not surprise. When testing, I build U-Boot for *all* PowerPC > systems with the same toolchain, usually using a ppc_8xx- or ppc_4xx- > configuration. All these images buil without problems, and more, they > even run fine on the target systems. U-Boot usually does not include > any code which depends on such specific CPU features. > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > > -- > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de > "One thing they don't tell you about doing experimental physics is > that sometimes you must work under adverse conditions... like a state > of sheer terror." - W. K. Hartmann >
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