[U-Boot] any value in defining specifically a beagleboard xM config file?

[Robert Nelson]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
>   i'll guess this topic has come up before but is there any value in
> defining a config file explicitly for the beagle xM, which differs
> from the beagle classic primarily in that it has no onboard flash?
>
>   on my current xM, i have a perfectly fine booting u-boot which i'm
> thinking i got from the circuitco site, and it works terrifically
> except that it comes with numerous commands related to flash, of which
> there is of course none.
>
>   the stock omap3_beagle.h file, unsurprisingly, configures all of the
> MTD and NAND settings relevant for the classic, which are entirely
> superfluous for the xM.  and given the number of commands that
> represents, there's lots of stuff that obviously has no value on the
> xM.

The first run of xM-A3's out of the factory actually had nand, due to
a shortage at the time of nandless-pop memory at the time..  Although
you can't boot from it, (without modifications to the board), it's
still usable in u-boot/kernel..

Regards,

-- 
Robert Nelson
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