[U-Boot-Users] Re: [PATCH] Spartan3 family support

[llandre]

Hello,

>Thanks for the file!

you're welcome.

>What the problem with the loadb command ?

IIRC loadb did not parse the header correctly.

>and what is
>the difference between the loadb and load ?

loadb gets a .bit file while load gets a .bin file.
.bin file is the pure bitstream while .bit = <header> + .bin.
The header provides information about bitstream name, creation date etc.




llandre

DAVE Electronics System House - R&D Department
web:   http://www.dave-tech.it
email: r&d2 at dave-tech.it


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "llandre" <r&d2 at dave-tech.it>
>To: "Nicolas Colombain" <nicolas.colombain at laposte.net>
>Cc: <u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:49 AM
>Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] Re: [PATCH] Spartan3 family support
>
>
> > Hi Nicolas,
> >
> > I used the patch provided by Kurt Stremerch (see attached file).
> > However I was not able to make the "fpga loadb" command to work while
> > "fpga load" works fine.
> > Then I applied the patch posted by Andrew Dyer to the mailing list but
> > loadb still did not work (for me this is not a problem).
> >
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> > llandre
> >
> > DAVE Electronics System House - R&D Department
> > web:   http://www.dave-tech.it
> > email: r&d2 at dave-tech.it
> >
> >
> > >Hi Ilandre and Kurt,
> > >
> > >I need to download my Spartan 3 by using uboot and I was wondering if
> > >someone had already written something for that.
> > >I found your mails but unfortunately not the patch. :(
> > >This patch will be added to the next uboot version ?? Where can I find it
>?
> > >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >