[U-Boot] Which U-Boot releases have Device Tree support

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Apr 9 07:52:36 CEST 2009


Dear Peter Barada,

In message <1239250418.4414.72.camel at blackhole> you wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 22:40 -0400, cmfairfa at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
> > We bought a MPC8360E-RDK development kit to develop applications under 
> > MontaVista CGE5.0. We were toldby the consultant whose doing our board LSP 
> > that the U-Boot version that came with the development kit did not have 
> > device tree support. The consultant upgraded the U-Boot to a version that 
> > has device tree support, but he says he doesn't have the source code for 
> > the U-Boot version. I need the source to make certain updates.
> > 
> > Which U-Boot version can I download that has device tree support?
> 
> If you've registered your MPC8360E-RDK with Logic, you should be able to
> login to the Logic website and download the entire LTIB source that
> includes a version of u-boot with full source/patches that fully support
> dealing with device tree binary (dtb) files, and also includes a kernel
> for the MPC8360E-RDK, and the build process generates an appropriate
> device tree binary for the board...

On the other hand there is zero reason to stick with such an
out-of-tree port when the board is supported in mainline.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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