[U-Boot-Users] Contract opportunity for U-Boot and PPC405EP

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <web-26295085 at bk2.webmaillogin.com> you wrote:
> Uboot User support,

Thisis a public maling list, and not a support hotline :-(
> 
>      I am developing a single board computer that utilizes 
> the PowerPC 405EP processor.  As such, we will naturally 
> need to install a loader on our board to load our 
> application from Flash on power-up.

I think you have to realize that your  own  custom  hardware  may  be
using  the  same  processor as the corresponding AMCC eval board, but
yet you still need a specific port of  U-Boot  (and  Linux)  to  your
hardware.  You  must  not expect that the code that is configured for
the AMCC eval board and running fine there would work on your  custom
board - usually this will be NOT the case.

>      We are very interested in soliciting for-hire 
> contract support to:

I don't want to talk myself out of business, but  the  following  are
non-issues:

>      1. Bundle the u-boot loader source code that can 
> generate a U-Boot image that can be installed and run on 
> the AMCC405EP Evaluation board.

This is available out of the box  with  the  standard  U-Boot  source
tree.  No  work  is necessary. Ready to run inary images for all AMCC
eval boards can be found on our FTP server, see
ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/amcc/

>      2. Write a simple "Hello World" application that can 
> be loaded on the eval board on power-up.

This is available out of the box  with  the  standard  U-Boot  source
tree. No work is necessary.

>      3. Write a 1-2 page document that summarizes exactly 
> how to build the U-Boot image and "Hellow World" 
> application for the 405EP and install it on the 405EP eval 
> board.

Not actually a 2 page document (but 176 pages  as  per  now):  Board-
specific documentation for all AMCC eval boards can be found at
http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/BoardSelect


All you ask for is ready and available for free. Just use it...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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