On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > 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. >
Ok, I exaggerated. We payed 2500$ including firmware worth 950. That's 38%. >> 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. > Most often yes, but how much interface changes regarding BDM communcation is there between, say 8xx and 82xx? I'm sure you know the exact details ;-) Regards, Frank _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
