Re: Porting "prep" from ppc to powerpc.

[David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:38:39PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> Is anyone already doing this?  I asked around here a few weeks ago and got the 
> advice:
> 
> > In theory.. copy the files from ppc/platforms/prep.* to
> > powerpc/platforms/prep/ 
> > and make some Kconfigs and see what breaks :)

Actually, I don't really recommend that method in any case.

Instead I suggest making a Kconfig under arch/powerpc, then adding
things until it builds, then adding things until it boots.  When you
need to know what has to be done at a particular point, consult
arch/ppc.

> Unfortunately, there isn't a ppc/platforms/prep.  Under arch/ppc there's:
> 
> ./boot/simple/misc-prep.c
> ./boot/simple/prepmap.c
> ./boot/utils/mkprep.c
> ./configs/prep_defconfig
> ./platforms/prep_pci.c
> ./platforms/prep_setup.c
> ./syslib/prep_nvram.c
> 
> And I'm not sure which are relevant.  Any hints?

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