[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM AT91 new board EB+CPUx9K2

Jens Scharsig esw at bus-elektronik.de
Fri Oct 30 10:10:48 CET 2009


Dear Wolfgang Denk
> Dear Jens Scharsig,
> 
> In message <4AE99BA5.3090007 at bus-elektronik.de> you wrote:
>> By the way, the AT91RM9200.h. has hundreds of style problems.
>> This requires a complete revision of the AT91RM9200.h. 
>> I can try this, but will take a while and I can't test other
>> RM9200 boards.
> 
> I am aware of these issues. AT91 is indeed in a poor shape.
> 
> Also, it's still lacking a custodian.
> 
> Nobody volunteered for this job so far. Seems AT91 is not much used
> any more these days ?

That is exactly the problem the AT91RM9200 is around 10 years old.
It isn't 100% compatible with the newer AT91SAM derivatives. 
I think the RM9200 is only used in redesigns of old projects.
We ourselves use AT91SAM9xxx for new projects. But we have several 
customer board that use the same hardware like our reference board 
EB+CPUx9K2.
I think there is an second reason, why nobody volunteered for this.
Some people want to benefit from the open-source projects, 
but nobody will help.

Best regards 
Jens Scharsig



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