1*4c58eb55SMike FrysingerNotes for the Blackfin architecture port of Das U-Boot 2*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 3*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ========= 4*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ! ABOUT ! 5*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ========= 6*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 7*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger<marketing blurb> 8*4c58eb55SMike FrysingerBlackfin Processors embody a new breed of 16/32-bit embedded processor, ideally 9*4c58eb55SMike Frysingersuited for products where a convergence of capabilities are necessary - 10*4c58eb55SMike Frysingermulti-format audio, video, voice and image processing; multi-mode baseband and 11*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerpacket processing; control processing; and real-time security. The Blackfin's 12*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerunique combination of software flexibility and scalability has gained it 13*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerwidespread adoption in convergent applications. 14*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger</marketing blurb> 15*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 16*4c58eb55SMike FrysingerThe Blackfin processor is wholly developed by Analog Devices Inc. 17*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 18*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger =========== 19*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ! SUPPORT ! 20*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger =========== 21*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 22*4c58eb55SMike FrysingerAll open source code for the Blackfin processors are being handled via our 23*4c58eb55SMike Frysingercollaborative website: 24*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerhttp://blackfin.uclinux.org/ 25*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 26*4c58eb55SMike FrysingerIn particular, bug reports, feature requests, help etc... for Das U-Boot are 27*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerhandled in the Das U-Boot sub project: 28*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerhttp://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/u-boot 29*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 30*4c58eb55SMike FrysingerThis website is backed both by an open source community as well as a dedicated 31*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerteam from Analog Devices Inc. 32*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 33*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ============= 34*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ! TOOLCHAIN ! 35*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ============= 36*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 37*4c58eb55SMike FrysingerTo compile the Blackfin aspects, you'll need the GNU toolchain configured for 38*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerthe Blackfin processor. You can obtain such a cross-compiler here: 39*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerhttp://blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/toolchain 40*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 41*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ================= 42*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ! DOCUMENTATION ! 43*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger ================= 44*4c58eb55SMike Frysinger 45*4c58eb55SMike FrysingerFor Blackfin specific documentation, you can visit our dedicated doc wiki: 46*4c58eb55SMike Frysingerhttp://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=bootloaders:u-boot 47