[U-Boot] TI DA8xx/OMAP-L1x support in U-Boot

[Paulraj, Sandeep]

> 
> Hi,
> 
> First post here, so apologies up front...
> 
> I was wondering what the status of support for DA8xx in u-boot is. Is
> anyone working on that?
There is unfortunately 0 support.
> 
> The reason I ask is that I have made an initial port for the TI da830
> evm board which seems to be working (serial, ethernet dhcp & tftp and
> i2c tested) and seems capable of booting Linux at least.
That's what U-boot is about :-)
> 
> It is based on GPL code from several sources, not least of which is from
> TI's old 1.3.3 version of u-boot, but I have updated it to support
> CONFIG_NET_MULTI and sorted out the padding changes in the ns16550
> driver CONFIGs. It uses already present davinci drivers where possible.
> 
> I have interest in getting at least USB and NAND support working as well
> - maybe SPI FLASH too - and will work on that as access to hardware
> allows.
All these are present in the 1.3.3 version so all you have to di is up port
> 
> My git tree is up to date, but I'm new to git too, so I have no idea how
> to dump a patch.
There is a GIT manual. But just google'ing will also help
> 
> Regardless, I wanted to check I'm not treading on anyone's toes first
> and to gauge interest, especially as TI appear to have done some work on
> this in the past.
Ti will add support but I don't know when. If you so wish you can post your own version.

If you decide to submit patches please submit against u-boot-ti
> 
> Bye,
> Nick.
Thanks,
Sandeep