[U-Boot-Users] [yes, i tried rtfming docs]u-boot on x86, how to?

[Ben Warren]

Hi Geraldo,

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Geraldo Netto <geraldonetto at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Albert,
> Thank you very much for your support/help :)
> i actually didn't want be harsh  with my words :(
> i'm pretty newbie, *really*

I haven't tried to build U-boot for x86 target, but am led to believe
that it's not easy.  If you're a newbie, it may not be for you.

> and what i did is:
>
> sudo tar xjvf u-boot-1.3.3.tar.bz2 -C /usr/src
>
> then i tried:
>
> make distclean canyonlands_config all
> (as i read at http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootConfiguration )
>

Each target has a config file in include/configs.  When you 'make'
canyonlands_config, you're telling the build system to set things up
for a target called 'canyonlands'.  This target is a PowerPC target,
not x86.  You need to find one that's close to your hardware or make
your own.

> and i got:
>
> mbdev-deb:/usr/src/u-boot-1.3.3# make distclean canyonlands_config all
> Configuring for canyonlands board...
> System not configured - see README
> make: ** [all] Erro 1
>
> also, as you all can easely see, i was not able to 'configure' the system
> i tried many other things in a 'adhoc' way and i still not able to
> handle this :(
>

You're seriously missing some big concepts and trying things without
understanding them will only lead to pain.  Ask yourself why you want
U-boot on an x86 target.  Grub or Lilo may be a better fit.

regards,
Ben