Dear Frank, In message <1ba63b520903110250s4b006e0foe8ff2f08b4fd3...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > I agree that a generic solution is better, but.... > We use the Abatron BDI3000 for our current project (using the bdiGDB firmware > for the MPC5xx/8xx). If we want to use this JTAG/BDM with, say an ARM > processor, > we must pay Abatron appox. half the price of a new BDI when switching > firmware.
Um... not really. Normally the price for the firmware alone is less than 40% of the price for the bundle BDI3000 with firmware. > I think the cost here eats up the advantage of having a generic product. Well, with hardware-specific products you always have to pay the full price. That's even worse. And probably your interfaces (including the user interface) are changing, too. 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 Quote from the Boss after overriding the decision of a task force he created to find a solution: "I'm sorry if I ever gave you the impression your input would have any effect on my decision for the outcome of this project!" _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
