Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] powerpc/83xx: Add PCI-E support for all MPC83xx boards with PCI-E

On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 01:18:56PM +0100, Leon Woestenberg wrote:

Hello,

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Anton Vorontsov
[off-list ref] wrote:

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On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:46:45AM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
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My statement was to convey that the kernel.org kernel should only
worry itself with the denx.de u-boot (w/regards to compatibility).

Why?  Unless the BSP u-boots do something insane, I think we should try
to have the upstream kernel boot on the u-boot that comes on the board
(it's not nice to require users to reflash unnecessarily).

The u-boot that came with the boards (at least MPC8315E-RDB) is too
old for 2.6.25+ kernels:

I have run into this earlier:

http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06551.html

"It doesn't work" doesn't imply "It's worthless to try to make it work".

-Scott