In message 0E8A20F2EB7BD7119C1F00508BB333780E5CEA@tmservermail02.t-modus.nec.co.uk you wrote:
I have newly subscribed to this mailing list. I notice that neither the ppcboot nor the uboot lists are presently archived on Sourceforge, so I
Nonsense. Of course there are archives. Just look under "Lists".
cannot see how active the lists are. I wish to discuss Linux BSPs for MPC855T. Is the uboot list appropriate for such discussion?
No. U-Boot-Users is - as the name suggests - for discussion of the U-Boot boot loader.
- Should such setup be already available in an open source Linux MPC860
BSP?
No. Linux does not care about hardware setup. It expects just a sufficient amount of working memory. The initialization of the memory is a job for a boot loader.
- Should I try to make use of our existing BSP?
Ye, of course, as this will save you effort and frustration.
- Is it reasonable for the supplier to quote for BSP development or
should they be using open source code?
2 x yes.
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Please send your next posting without such a silly trailer.
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Wolfgang Denk