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    This file contains status information for the port of U-Boot to the
    Galileo Evaluation Board.
    
    Author: Josh Huber <huber@mclx.com>
    	Mission Critical Linux, Inc.
    
    The support for the Galileo Evaluation board is fairly minimal now.
    It's sufficient to boot Linux, but doesn't provide too much more than
    what's required to do this.
    
    Both DUART channels are supported (to use the second one, you have to
    modify the board -- see the schematics for where to solder on the
    devices module).  The ethernet ports are supported, and the MPSC is
    supported as a console driver. (keep in mind that the kernel has no
    support for this yet)
    
    There are still occaisonal lockups with the MPSC console driver due to
    (we think!) overrun problems.  If you're looking for something stable
    to use for Linux development, consider sticking with the DUART console
    for now.
    
    Automatic memory sizing mostly works.  We've had problems with some
    combinations of memory.  Please send us email if you're having trouble
    with respect to the memory detection.
    
    Right now, only the 512k boot flash is supported.  Support for the
    16MB flash on the devices module is forthcoming.  Right now the flash
    is stored at the 256k boundry in flash, wasting a whole sector (64k!)
    for environment data.  This isn't really a big deal since we're not
    using the 512k for anything else. (Just U-Boot and the environment)
    
    Finally, here is a sample output session:
    
    U-Boot 1.0.0-pre1 (Jun  6 2001 - 12:45:11)
    
    Initializing...
      CPU:   MPC7400 (altivec enabled) v2.9
      Board: EVB64260
      DRAM:  256 MB
      FLASH: 512 kB
      In:    serial
      Out:   serial
      Err:   serial
    
    =>
    
    The default configuration should be correct for the evaluation board,
    as it's shipped from Galileo.  Keep in mind that the default baudrate
    is set to 38400, 8N1.
    
    Good luck, and make sure to send any bugreports to us (or the
    u-boot-users list).
    
    Josh