[U-Boot] T4QDS e6500 core and U-Boot 64-bit

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Danny Gale,

In message <52DF18B3.1080904 at coloradoengineeringinc.com> you wrote:
> 
> The T4240 on the T4QDS board is a PPC e6500 core (64 bit), but it is 
> configured in U-Boot as an e500 core, which is 32 bit. Why is this?

Becuase it simply works :-)

> Can it be updated to e6500?

Yes - if you add support for 64 bit configurations in general, and
for powerpc64 in particular.

> This leads directly into another question: can U-Boot be compiled and 
> run 64-bit? So far, I have been unable to make it work with a 64-bit 
> compiler. I'm running into these errors:

Not out of the box.


What is your actual reason for wanting to run a 64 bit boot loader?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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