[yocto] yocto supported freescale eval boards

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 11-03-05 10:45 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On 03/05/2011 07:22 AM, Robert Berger wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> A customer asked for a training with a freescale eval board and I would
>> like to use yocto for it.
>>
>> What I found from the documentation is, that the MPC8313E-RDB Reference
>> Platform is supported. I'm a bit confused by a list, which can be found
>> on the Freescale website:
>>
>> http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8313E-RDB&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&pspll=1&fromSearch=false
>>
>>
>> It says:
>> MPC8313E-RDB,Hardware Only 8313E PROCESSOR BD (SOCK Hardware Not
>> Recommended for New Design)
>>
>> MPC8313E-RDB-T, MPC8313E-RDB-U, MPC8313E-RDB-UT, MPC8313E-RDBB seem to
>> be still supported. What's the difference? What would you recommend?
>>
>>
>> Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.

The imx31ads is supported by older non linux-yocto recipes, so it
may have some bit rot at the moment. Until it gets refreshed onto
a linux-yocto base, your mileage will vary with it.

>>
>> What would you recommend? Are there more Freescale eval boards going to
>> be supported by yocto in the near future?
>
>
> We're currently using the following board.
>
> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN

Confirmed. This is the board we are currently using.

>
>
> I don't know which upcoming boards are likely to be adopted, perhaps
> Bruce (CC'd) will have some ideas?

There are definitely plans to update/refresh the FSL/e500 board
options. Unofficially there's a whole set of boards that will
work fine, and there's a good pool of good quality BSPs that are
viable options.

I hesitate to say more, since nothing has been quite chosen yet
and I'd be speculating or worse misleading at this point. But
a newer e500 based board is something that will arrive once
everything falls into place.

That being said, I can suggest/help with the addition of any of
a number of FSL powerpc based boards, it all depends on what
the requirements are for the board. Does it just have to
be readily available ? Less than 'x' dollars ? Any particular
peripheral support ?

Cheers,

Bruce

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