Re: [Xenomai-help] Xenomai on 2.6.17 ppc

[Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@domain.hid>]

Syed Amer Gilani wrote:
> 2006/9/30, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@domain.hid>:
>> Syed Amer Gilani wrote:
>> > 2006/9/27, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@domain.hid>:
>> >> I posted a commented ADEOS-IPIPE patch for 2.6.18 for PPC end of last
>> >> week (see 
>> https://mail.gna.org/public/adeos-main/2006-09/msg00009.html).
>> >> Unfortunately, the PowerPC Linux kernel is a fast moving target these
>> >> day due to the merge ppc, ppc64 -> powerpc and there are a few
>> >> significant changes between 2.6.17 and 2.6.18, IIRC. But it's still
>> >> worth a try.
>> >
>> > I already saw that and thought about using it. But you also say later
>> > (https://mail.gna.org/public/adeos-main/2006-09/msg00012.html) that it
>> > wont work for mpc52xx  and that's what i need :)
>>
>> I realized, that the differences to Linux 2.6.18 are quite small and non
>> critical. Attached is a ADEOS-IPIPE patch for Linux 2.6.17, which should
>> work on your MPC5200 as well (the idle loop problem for 6xx is solved).
>> Would be nice if you could test the patch and report the results. It's
>> difficult these days to get a 2.6.x kernel built and booted on an
>> MPC5200 :-(.
>>
>> Note: this patch requires another small fix for Xenomai (see
>> attachment). Philippe, could you please apply it? TIA.
> 
> First sorry for the empty Mail, this damn send button is so easily hit ...

Nice to hear.

> The Patch applied fine and the Kernel compiled without Problems.
> Booting it on the mpc5200 went also fine. But beyond that i cant tell
> you if everything works in order, because is just started to use
> xenomai.

OK, then happy testing.

Are the Linux 2.6.17 patches for the MPC5200 you mentioned earlier 
available somewhere? I would like to do some RT-Socket-CAN tests with 
MSCAN under Linux 2.6 but so far, I didn't succeed to make a usable 
kernel :-(.

Thanks.

Wolfgang.