[openfirmware] Building ofw for Geode LX DB800 evaluation board

[Mitch Bradley]

I started to incorporate these patches but then realized that several 
other related things need to be cleaned up.
I'll check in the changes soon and post and announcement.

llandre wrote:
> We tried to build openfirmware for the DB800 board but it did not work:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> cd cpu/x86/pc/lxdevel
> make
>
> ...
> ./build lxdevel.rom
> --- Rebuilding romreset.di
> --- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/forth ${HOSTDIR}/../build/builder.dic ../romreset.bth
> --- Rebuilding rmstart.img
> --- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/forth ${HOSTDIR}/../build/builder.dic ../rmstart.bth
> ROM loader: version# 8 , format# 2
> --- Rebuilding paging.di
> --- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/forth ${HOSTDIR}/../build/builder.dic 
> ../../paging.bth
> --- Rebuilding fw.dic
> --- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/x86forth ${BP}/cpu/x86/build/basefw.dic ../fw.bth
>
> ${BP}/ofw/fs/ext2fs/dir.fth:54: >unix-seconds ?
> ${BP}/ofw/fs/ext2fs/dir.fth:220: >unix-seconds ?
> ${BP}/ofw/fs/ext2fs/dir.fth:256: unix-seconds> ?
> ${BP}/ofw/fs/ext2fs/methods.fth:74: >unix-seconds ?
> ${BP}/ofw/fs/jffs2/jffs2.fth:1605: unix-seconds> ?
> assign-pci-addr isn't unique
> ${BP}/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/mfgdata.fth:51: flash-base ?
> ${BP}/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/mfgdata.fth:52: flash-base ?
> ${BP}/dev/geode/display/gxfb.fth:121: tft-mode? ?
> ${BP}/dev/geode/display/gxfb.fth:159: gx? ?
> ${BP}/dev/geode/display/gxfb.fth:183: gx? ?
> ${BP}/dev/geode/display/gxfb.fth:221: gx? ?
> ${BP}/dev/geode/display/gxfb.fth:403: gx? ?
> ${BP}/dev/geode/display/gxfb.fth:407: gx? ?
> ${BP}/cpu/x86/pc/olpc/linux.fth:263: unfreeze ?
> --- Saving fw.dic ...
> --- Saving fw.img ...
> --- Rebuilding nandflash.fc
> --- Cmd: ${HOSTDIR}/forth ${HOSTDIR}/../build/builder.dic 
> ../nandflash.bth
>
> ${BP}/dev/olpc/cafenand/badblock.fth:21: partition-start ?
> make: *** [lxdevel.rom] Error 1
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Attached is a patch that allows to build it. As you can see we 
> basically removed some stuff to make it to build. Do you think this is 
> safe? We are going to download the binary image to the board but we 
> would like to know we are trying to run something that makes sense 
> first (typical newbie concern) ...
>
>
> Regards, llandre
>
> DAVE Electronics System House - R&D Department
> web:   http://www.dave.eu
> email: r&d2 at dave-tech.it
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