From: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Cc: "U-Boot Version 2 (barebox)" <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: is barebox meant to be the next generation of u-boot?
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:49:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091219214919.GA22533@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0912190351400.32196@localhost>
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 03:56:29AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> i just want to clarify the direction of barebox -- is it meant to
> eventually supplant u-boot? i ask since i want to know if it's not
> worth investing much more time in u-boot (v1) if things are eventually
> going to switch over to barebox.
When starting the activities, we had the intention to be a next
generation technology project, being part of the u-boot project.
However, things didn't seem to have progressed into that direction over
the last two years, so we had to move on. We have a new name for the
project now, which does already give the project a better exposure in
the community.
> specifically, i want to use it on my beagleboard, so i "git" checked
> out the source for barebox, configured it for the beagle, built it
> with the denx "arm-linux-" toolchain and it booted. i haven't got any
> further than that so far but that's all i was after -- just getting it
> to boot to the barebox prompt.
>
> at this point, if barebox is merely *adequate* to do what i want and
> supports booting my beagleboard fully, is there any reason i don't
> just move to it entirely, knowing it does what i need and it's only
> going to get better? thanks.
If it boots and has everything you need, why not?
However, any contribution is welcome.
rsc
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