[U-Boot] [PATCH][SDK1.2] powerpc/p1010rdb: add readme document for p1010rdb

[Scott Wood]

On 04/28/2012 04:32 AM, Shengzhou Liu wrote:
> +2. Burn u-boot.bin into NOR flash
> +	=> tftp 1000000 u-boot.bin
> +	=> protect off all
> +	=> erase eff80000 efffffff
> +	=> cp.b 1000000 eff80000 80000

=> tftp <filename>
=> protect off all
=> erase eff80000 +$filesize
=> cp.b $loadaddr eff80000 $filesize

> +Build and burn u-boot to NAND flash
> +========================================
> +1. Build u-boot.bin image
> +	export ARCH=powerpc
> +	export CROSS_COMPILE=/your_path/powerpc-linux-gnu-
> +	make P1010RDB_NAND
> +
> +2. Burn u-boot-nand.bin into NAND flash
> +	=> tftp 1000000 u-boot-nand.bin
> +	=> nand erase 0 80000
> +	=> nand write 1000000 0 80000

=> tftp <filename>
=> nand erase 0 $filesize
=> nand write $loadaddr 0 $filesize

...etc.

> +Build kernel and dtb for P1010RDB
> +=================================
> +set proper cross-compile for powerpc
> +  cp arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_defconfig .config
> +  make -j 16
> +  make p1010rdb.dtb
> +then uImage and p1010rdb.dtb will be generated under arch/powerpc/boot/

I doubt most people will want to use -j 16.

Why are kernel build instructions in a U-Boot readme?  Shouldn't you be
building the uImage target?

> +Boot Linux from RAM on P1010RDB
> +==================================
> +Place uImage and p1010rdb.dtb in the TFTP disk area.
> +	=> tftp 1000000 uImage
> +	=> tftp 2000000 p1010rdb.dtb
> +	=> tftp 3000000 rootfs.ext2.gz.uboot.p1010rdb
> +	=> bootm 1000000 3000000 2000000

I'd call that "booting from the network using TFTP" rather than "booting
from RAM"...

-Scott