[U-Boot] Reg. working with uboot

[Jerry Van Baren]

Vanee S wrote:
> Hi,
> im new to uboot. i need to know what software are required to incorporate
> uboot for hardware based on ARM architecture. it would be great if i can get
> the step by step procedure to incorporate uboot.

Hi Vanee,

1) Use git to clone u-boot:
   git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git  <your_repository_name>/

2) Read the README.  You might start at line 3923 "U-Boot Porting Guide"
<http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=blob;f=README;h=2a553c274c372b014075cf67387dea964bd0722d;hb=HEAD#l3923>

3) Read the DULG manual (it talks about a specific processor and board 
in places, but is mostly general purpose).
   <http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/Manual>

4) Port u-boot to your board.

5) ???

6) Profit!

> what is the use of ELDK?

It is a cross compiler suite.
   <http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK>

> what are the files that needs to be customized and how to get the
> information required?

All the information is available on the web + manufacturer's manuals.
You will have to read and understand it - U-Boot is free in the freedom
sense, but not free in that you have to invest your time to understand 
it.  You can trade off paying money for investing your time.

> Regards,
> S. Vanee

HTH,
gvb