From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yk0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c07::22b]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1XBjbW-0007uJ-JB for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:00:40 +0000 Received: by mail-yk0-f171.google.com with SMTP id 19so4611489ykq.2 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2014 05:00:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1406543035.13346.11.camel@ted> References: <1406541304-18741-1-git-send-email-freesilicon@gmail.com> <1406543035.13346.11.camel@ted> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:00:07 +0200 Message-ID: From: David Vincent List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] barebox: Add recipe To: Richard Purdie Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org Sorry, the patch alone was maybe a little harsh, I should have submitted it as a RFC. For me, this recipe was needed because I don't use u-boot as the bootloader for my custom board but barebox. More generically, I know that the meta-fsl-arm has also a recipe for barebox and since my board was not based on a Freescale MPU but an Atmel one, I thought that the work could be shared by the two layers in oe-core or, at least, in meta-oe instead of being also redeveloped in meta-atmel or another BSP layer. Since barebox also supports many architectures like ARM, MIPS, Blackfin,... and many vendors like Atmel, Freescale, TI,... I think it provides a good alternative for the 'virtual/bootloader' task. People who want to use it should not put more effort than what they need to do for u-boot currently. I've cc'ed the barebox mailing list for more technical details if needed. Greetings, David 2014-07-28 12:23 GMT+02:00 Richard Purdie : > On Mon, 2014-07-28 at 11:55 +0200, David Vincent wrote: >> barebox (formerly known as u-boot-v2) is a bootloader that inherits the >> best of U-Boot and the Linux kernel. This commit adds the possibility to >> use it as a virtual/bootloader instead of U-Boot. >> >> Signed-off-by: David Vincent >> --- >> meta/recipes-bsp/barebox/barebox.inc | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> meta/recipes-bsp/barebox/barebox_2014.07.0.bb | 15 +++++ >> 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+) >> create mode 100644 meta/recipes-bsp/barebox/barebox.inc >> create mode 100644 meta/recipes-bsp/barebox/barebox_2014.07.0.bb > > I have to admit I don't know a lot about this. To make it into OE-Core > we need some kind of story about why its necessary and commonly used. > Are there a number of BSPs using this? Can you give some background to > why this is needed? > > Cheers, > > Richard > _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox