Hi Bin, 2014-12-02 5:38 GMT+01:00 Bin Meng <bmeng...@gmail.com>: > Hi Bruce, > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 4:28 AM, <bruce_leon...@selinc.com> wrote: >> Simon, >> >>> From: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> >>> To: bruce_leon...@selinc.com >>> Cc: "tr...@ti.com" <tr...@ti.com>, U-Boot Mailing List <u- >>> b...@lists.denx.de>, u-boot-boun...@lists.denx.de, Bin Meng >>> <bmeng...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 12/01/2014 12:14 PM >>> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Bare x86 support is merged to u-boot-x86 >>> Sent by: s...@google.com >>> >>> +Bin >>> >>> Hi Bruce, >>> >>> On 1 December 2014 at 12:33, <bruce_leon...@selinc.com> wrote: >>> > Hi Simon and Bin, >>> > >>> > u-boot-boun...@lists.denx.de wrote on 11/25/2014 01:51:06 PM: >>> > >>> >> From: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> >>> >> To: U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot@lists.denx.de> >>> >> Cc: "tr...@ti.com" <tr...@ti.com> >>> >> Date: 11/25/2014 01:52 PM >>> >> Subject: [U-Boot] Bare x86 support is merged to u-boot-x86 >>> >> Sent by: u-boot-boun...@lists.denx.de >>> >> >>> >> Hi Bin (and others interested in U-Boot on x86), >>> >> >>> >> I've applied the remaining x86 patches to u-boot-x86. It runs on >>> >> chromebook_link (Pixel) with support for most hardware relevant to a >>> >> boot loader: SDRAM, SPI, PCI, USB (and USB Ethernet), SATA (internal >>> >> 32GB SSD), SD card, LCD, UART, keyboard, EC. >>> >> >>> >> Bin this should be a good base for you to send patches for your Atom >>> >> platform and I have no major work pending now so should not get in >>> >> your way. >>> >> >>> >> Instructions on how to build and run are here: >>> >> >>> >> http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/X86 >> >>> >> >>> >> For this platform 4 binary blobs are needed. This is an unavoidable >>> >> feature of the platform at present. The blobs cover flash descriptor, >>> >> SDRAM init, video init and Management Engine. Instructions on how to >>> >> get these are on the same page. >>> >> >>> >> Here is a list of some missing features: >>> >> >>> >> - README.x86 in the source (mostly the content from the Wiki page >>> >> would be a good start) >>> >> - MTRR support (for performance) >>> >> - Audio >>> >> - Chrome OS verified boot (only a rough rebase has been done, I'm not >>> >> sure how to track mainline anyway) >>> >> - SMI and ACPI support, to provide platform info and facilities to >>> >> Linux >>> >> >>> > >>> > This is awesome! Thanks so much for the work you two have done on this. >>> > We've been using u-boot on our PPC platforms for years and love it. >>> > We're >>> > considering moving to an Atom processor and wanted to continue to use >>> > u-boot, but were worried about getting it up and running with the FSL >>> > from >>> > Intel so we haven't made the jump yet. This is going to be a hugeleg up >>> > in >>> > my argument for actually getting that project off the ground. If we do, >>> > I'll be sure to be pushing out any work we do that isn't in the >>> > mainline. >>> > >>> > Thanks again guys! >>> >>> Sounds good! What Atom are you using? It might be the same one as Bin. >> >> Not sure yet. We had originally settled on the first one Intel put out, but >> since we've waited so long and we're not locked in by design yet, we'll >> probably pick a newer generation. Our products tend to be in service for a >> long time (upwards of 20 years) so we like to get as cutting edge as we can >> without losing a finger :) > > I am currently working on patches to support Intel Atom E6xx with > Platform Controller Hub EG20T. This Atom platform aims at the embedded > market. More newer Atom would be Bay Trail, which is an SoC and I > believe Simon is going to support that platform once he gets a board. > The latest Atom would be Braswell. If Intel keeps open for the chipset > datasheet, I think we can try to support that too. We will see. >
That sound really interesting! My company is also using Intel Atom E6xx based designs and I would love to see u-boot/coreboot running on them. What is the current state of your work? -- Christian Gmeiner, MSc https://soundcloud.com/christian-gmeiner _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
