[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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