[U-Boot] using U-boot to lauch OS-less application

[Mangelschots, Jef]

Hi,
We are starting a new project targeted to the MPC5121 platform (based on ads5121e reference design).
We will be using Green Hills development environment.

We are investigating our option for boot loader.
We were wondering whether U-boot could serve this purpose.

Questions:

1)      Is it possible to have U-boot launch a standalone executable application, rather than start up an OS (e.g. Linux, VxWorks) ?

2)      If so, is this possible ? what would need to be done ?

3)      Can U-Boot be compiled with GreenHills compiler, or is it best to crosscompile with GNU ?

Thx


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