Free U-boot for Intel IXDP465 

Description 

Evidence Srl is proud to announce the porting of the famous bootloader Das U-boot to the Intel IXDP465 development platform (featuring a Intel IXP465 Xscale microprocessor).

The patch adds the support for the microprocessor, the flash and the Intel Npe integrated Ethernet interface.

Requirements

To compile the software you need at  least:

• The source code of Das U-boot version 1.1.5 (download it here)

• A big-endian Linux toolchain for ARM/Xscale (a version is available on the Snapgear website)

• The Intel Microcode for IXDP465 (download it from the Intel website)

How to compile

1. Patch the U-boot source code with the file u-boot-1.1.5-ixp465.patch

2. Copy the Intel Microcode file IxNpeMicrocode.c into the u-boot-1.1.5/cpu/ixp/npe directory

3. Type make ixdp465

License  

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

Please, notice that due to Intel's Microcode license, once you copy the Microcode and compile the software, the resulting binary is not GPL.