[U-Boot] Porting to Broadcom BCM7038 (Hermes board)

[Detlev Zundel]

Hi Wolfgang,

> Dear Detlev Zundel,
>
> In message <m2prardbo5.fsf at ohwell.denx.de> you wrote:
>> 
>> Not quite.  A quick check reveals that the bcm7038 is a r5000 based
>> mips64 bit at heart (I'm a little confused here, there seem to be also
>> 32bit r5000?).  So not only will you be doing a new cpu port (level 2),
>> but really a new architecture , i.e. mips64 - so you enter the game at
>> level 3 ;)
>
> That's not quite correct. IIRC, the "purple" board also uses a 64bit
> MIPS processor (5Kc). So it's "just" anothe rnew board port.

Yep, I've seen this.  But as this board defines "CONFIG_MIPS32" in its
config, I wasn't so sure about the real situation.

Cheers
  Detlev

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