[U-Boot] U-boot & x86 & coreboot

[Simon Glass]

Hi Rossier,

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Rossier Daniel
<Daniel.Rossier at heig-vd.ch>wrote:

>
> Basically, should the coreboot-x86_config replace the use of coreboot ?
> Or, is coreboot still necessary?
>

Yes coreboot is still necessary - it does the memory init and most of the
machine-specific stuff.


>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-
> > bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Rossier Daniel
> > Sent: mercredi 17 juillet 2013 10:29
> > To: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> > Subject: [U-Boot] U-boot & x86 & coreboot
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to run U-boot on x86 emulated QEMU-based environment. I
> > found some info regarding coreboot + U-boot integration, using U-boot as
> > payload, etc. but I was unable to start U-boot.
> > I'm using the 32-bits i686-pc-linux-gnu toolchain and I successfully
> cross-
> > compiled coreboot and started it on qemu-system-i386.
> > I also configured coreboot to use u-boot (ELF) as payload, but coreboot
> > performs a reset when U-boot should show up after loading.
> > Where could I have some information regarding that?
> > Furthermore, I'm unable to debug anything remotely with gdb; gdb cannot
> > disassemble once connected via "target remote localhost:1234".
> >
> > Any hints welcome.
> > Thanks so much.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Daniel
>


Regards,
Simon