[OE-core] [poky] [PATCH 1/1] README.hardware: remove u-boot flashing instructions for mpc8315e-rdb

[Bruce Ashfield]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> Dear Paul Eggleton,
>
> In message <41ae31ba057b63d3c518e2edf217109c59b64603.1301578942.git.paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> you wrote:
>> From: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com>
>>
>> Upgrading u-boot is apparently not necessary with current board revisions,
>> and these instructions may not work properly anyway (our toolchain seems not
>> to be able to compile u-boot in the way described), and given that they are
>> potentially risky they should be removed.
>
> The instructions you delete appear to be pretty generic ones, and I
> see no reason why they would not work.

Agreed!

>
> If the Poky too chain has issues with this, then there is a problem
> with that tool chain, and you should enter a bug report.
>
> What exactly would that problem be?

There were a couple of build errors using u-boot master and
some specific branch tags, errors that we didn't see when using
some older toolchains. But the reports are not confirmed/formalized
yet. When we know more, the plan is to definitely address them and
hopefully do better than a bug report .. produce a patch.

>
> In any case, just papering over the problems seems not a good
> startegy to me.

Not really papering over, hopefully just temporarily removing an
implicit instruction to rebuild and reflash when the version on the
board already is sufficient to boot.

When the issues are worked out, we'll re-enable the instructions.

Cheers,

Bruce

>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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