[U-Boot] [PATCH v5] ARM: Add Calxeda Highbank platform

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4E54B862.2070000 at aribaud.net> you wrote:
>
> Well, it is more a question of which toolchain(s) we want supported in 
> U-Boot. Denx ELDK is one of them I guess :) but now that ELDK 5.0 is 
> out, I don't know if ELDK 4.2 support is still required.

It seems reasonable to support any gcc 4.x configuration.

> If ELDK4.2 must be supported, then I would suggest creating a 
> configuration option to allow the use of armv7-a ISA, then the 
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/highbank/config.mk file would select armv7-a ISA 

I don't tink I want to accept a board specific config.mk for such
apurpose.  We want to get rid of thse config.mk files.  Either ARMv7
based boards all need this option, or they all don;t need it.  Thisis
NOT a board specific feature.

> If ELDK4.2 support is dropped (at least partially) then no change would 
> be needed.
> 
> Wolfgang:, I think that toolchain support for ARM is more your choice 
> than mine.

See above - I see no reason why we should abandon ELDK 4.2 when adding
a new board - when all other boards with similar CPUs work just fine.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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