From: Mark Hatle <fray@mvista.com>
To: Dmytro Bablinyuk <dmytro.bablinyuk@tait.co.nz>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Linux support for MPC859T processor
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 21:13:14 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E8A554A.2040700@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E8A536A.8070506@tait.co.nz>
Honestly, I don't know my guess is close to non to a small handful... But I am
truely a novice when it comes to CPU/board bringup.. (I've assisted in it, but
my expertise and history is in userspace development.) The things that can take
massive amounts of time on these new processors/boards are hardware bugs (cpu
and board) as well as device drivers for new on chip devices. I have seen more
then one engineer going bald due to hardware bugs, especially a board that the
customer said "But it runs VxWorks, why doesn't it run Linux?"...
--Mark
Dmytro Bablinyuk wrote:
> Not a lot of our people experienced in PPC assembler (including myself).
> Actually not a lot experienced with PPC at all.
> Roughly, from your point of you, how major changes in the kernel could
> be? Just your subjective opinion.
>
>> On userspace basis.. the 860 and the 859 are fully compatable.. The
>> need for
>> 859T changes may be in the kernel. So anyone who sells/supports an
>> 860 based
>> system can support your needs for application level. (That includes
>> MontaVista.)
>>
>> The linux kernel of course is a different level of complexity.
>>
>>> We are trying to find a linux supplier who supports Motorola MPC859T
>>> processor (actually it will be processor from Motorola but our custom
>>> board).
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-02 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-02 2:31 Linux support for MPC859T processor Dmytro Bablinyuk
2003-04-02 2:45 ` Mark Hatle
2003-04-02 3:05 ` Dmytro Bablinyuk
2003-04-02 3:13 ` Mark Hatle [this message]
2003-04-02 3:39 ` Dmytro Bablinyuk
2003-04-02 18:15 ` Conn Clark
2003-04-03 8:59 ` Frank Robbins
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2003-04-02 14:41 Jean-Denis Boyer
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