In message 20040719220223.86035.qmail@web61104.mail.yahoo.com you wrote:
on my board. However, this u-boot was built using the toolchain provided by Metroworks(gcc version 2.95.3) and this toolchain is not under GPL!
You must be joking. If this is GCC version 2.95.3 it MUST be availabel under GPL; maybe not the Metroworks proprietary extensions, but they must offer the sources for the compiler and probably also for the binutils and libraries.
My question is can someone point me to a GPL toolchain that I can use to build the u-boot for MPC8540?
There are so many of them...
I have already tried using the croos-toolchain provided from kegel.com (gcc-3.3.2-glibc-2.3.2). I use this toolchain to build my linux image and it works fine. However, the u-boot I built using this toolchain does not work! Unfortunately, I don't have
What makes you think the toolchain is to blame for that?
a BDI debugger to be able to see how far the u-boot runs before it hangs!
Then get one. You will need it later anyway.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk