[U-Boot] [PATCH] IXP425: Add new IXP425 board emPC-A400 Part 2/2
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Fri Apr 3 23:15:01 CEST 2009
Dear Stefan Althoefer,
In message <49384735.jEywXLJ6P3fgT8HT%stefan.althoefer at web.de> you wrote:
> [PATCH] IXP425: Add new IXP425 board emPC-A400
>
> This patch adds support for the emPC-A400 CPU board from
> Janz Automationssysteme. It will also apply to some
> of the Janz emVIEW displays which are based on this CPU
> board.
>
> Besides of the board support, the patch includes
> two features which are (up to now) private to this
> port but might be of interrest to others.
>
> 1. Ability to download microcode to the NPE unit. This
> code works without using the Intel Library (which
> makes it smaller). This is good if you do not want
> to do networking in u-boot, but want boot an NFS-rooted
> linux system (where linux cannot load the microcode
> by itself).
> Refer to boards/empca400/cmd_npe.c
> 2. Ability to boot the IXP425 Windows-CE kernel. Refer
> to boards/empca400/cmd_bootce.c.
Jean-Christophe says he has requested a cleaned up / rebased version
from you; to you plan to submit one any time soon?
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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