[U-Boot-Users] Can a BDI2K be used with a bare/erased 834x based system?

[Bruce_Leonard at selinc.com]

We're getting our custom HW in about a month and my HW designer came 
across something in the PowerQUICC Design Checklist that we hadn't 
considered.  (BTW, our board is based around the MPC8347.)  The following 
is a direct quote from the Checklist:

"There may be issues with you usa a JTAG-based in-circuit emulator to boot 
the PowerQUICC Pro II device as reset configuration words are sourced from 
an unprogrammed Flash device on the local bus.  There is no valid RCW 
already present in Flash memory when the PowerQUICC II Pro device performs 
the \PORESET sequence.  The CPU core is disabled and the in-circuit 
emulator cannot take conrtol of the CPU."

It never occured to me that this may be an issue as this is the first 
processor I've brought up that didn't get it's reset state from processor 
pins.  I had planned on using the BDI2K to do the flash programming on our 
prototypes, but if I can't get the BDI2K to take control of the the 
processor I can't do the programming.  Not a big deal, we have 
alternatives that we've thought of, but I'm curious about the "RCW" line 
in the configuration file.  The BDI2K manual states the following for the 
RCW:

"When this line is present, the BDI overrides the Reset Configuration 
Words with the values provided."

Does anyone know if this means the BDI can override the RCW before the 
processor performs the \PORESET sequence?  In other words, if I have and 
RCW line in the BDI configuration file, will it be able to provide RCW 
values to the proc essor when there are none present in the flash, and 
allow the \PORESET sequence to complete normally?

Thanks for any feedback.

Bruce