-----Original Message----- From: u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-bounces@lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of TigerLiu@viatech.com.cn Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 8:33 AM To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Subject: [U-Boot] [U-boot] Uboot's plan for ARMv8
Hi, experts:
Does U-boot have any plan to support ARMv8 SOC?
Nvidia has decleared 64bit SOC plan.
So, i think bootloader for ARMv8 SOC is urgent now.
Although ARM Ltd recommended UEFI firmware as ARMv8's bootloader.
But not a requirement.
On Consumer Electronics market, Uboot has huge influence.
So, Does U-boot have any plan to support ARMv8 SOC?
I am sure you must have seen patches from David Feng (added in cc) for u-boot support for ARMv8 foundation model (see reference [1]).
It compiles fine for me with the Linaro 'aarch64-linux-gcc' toolchain and is able to boot ARMv8 foundation model. With my SMSC ethernet related changes (already part of David's v16 patchset), I am able to TFTP standard vanilla Linux images onto the foundation model (along with a simple busybox RFS) and boot Linux on the same and test some simple applications like tftp on linux.
This base code can be easily used to add support for a 'real' ARMv8 based SoC.
Hope this helps.
[1] https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg127876.html
Regards, Bhupesh