Re: Why project is required for a new boot loader development

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You need to create a basic CEC file for your BSP. You could clone an
existing and delete the drivers.

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"Sri" <Sri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Steve
>
> I am sorry about confusion. It is TI OMAP processor. When I went through
> the
> documentation, when we follow how to build Boot loader, it does not
> mention
> anything about how to build a project for the particular hw platform. When
> you try to create a new work space, it will ask to choose one of the
> hardware
> platform we want to use. But I don't have any hardware platform built yet.
> Or
> don't have any board that is with similar design. Is n't it like chicken
> and
> egg type issue?
>
> Or Do I need to create a place holder with our bsp name and based on that
> choose what application I am trying to build? I am little confused over
> the
> process here.
>
> Can you clarify my doubt?
>
> Thanks for the help.
> Sri
>
> "Steve Maillet (eMVP)" wrote:
>
>> ARM926EJ isn't a CPU it's a core, what CPU are you using? (E.g. Freescale
>> MX21, Intel PXA270, etc...)
>>
>> A project is needed so the IDE and build system knows what to build. The
>> boot loader is just one part of a complete system. The IDE operates on
>> the
>> complete system, this allows you to configure an emulator image for your
>> system to allow early development and test of applications before you
>> have
>> the hardware going with the boot loader or OS.
>>
>> --
>> Steve Maillet
>> EmbeddedFusion
>> www.EmbeddedFusion.com
>> smaillet at EmbeddedFusion dot com
>>
>>
>>


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