From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:09:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth13.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.37]:12480 "HELO smtpauth13.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with SMTP id S28577837AbYBLBJs (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:09:48 +0000 Received: (qmail 17198 invoked from network); 12 Feb 2008 01:09:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.51.229.131) by smtpauth13.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.37) with ESMTP; 12 Feb 2008 01:09:37 -0000 Message-ID: <47B0F164.8080401@hodgens.net> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:07:48 -0700 From: Ben Hodgens Reply-To: ben@hodgens.net User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.14pre (X11/20071018) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: General info on kernel status for vr4121/MobilePro 780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 18215 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ben@hodgens.net Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips I'm attempting build a system around an NEC MobilePro 780, and as there does not appear to be full support (ie, can't seem to get a kernel to boot) in either the current 2.4 or 2.6 kernel trees. Here's what I've found and tried so far: * The Linux VR project's "latest" kernel, circa 2001 or something like that - linux-vr-0.1.1.tar.bz2. This does not actually have an option for the MobilePro 780 in the kernel config, though there is the 770. * The kernel on http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/NecMobilePro780. This one -appears- to be the most complete I've found with regard to the 780; however, the tree is a 2.3 base (2.3.99 or something like that, I think), and not only pretty damn old, but I'm having a difficult time building it with the MIPS Technologies toolchain as a result. (Nothing I think I won't be able to figure out eventually - just makefile issues - but I don't want to persue it too much if there's a better alternative to start with). Additionally, this page has a binary kernel (and rootfs) which boots, but it doesn't boot with either a Debian sarge or etch bootstrap-installed rootfs (this is probably related to devfs, Ithink). * Both the latest 2.4 and 2.6 kernels don't have explicit support for the MP. I don't know where to go from here to where I want to go, though if there's nothing current in the current trees, I figure I'll learn to port drivers (provided I can figure which is the current latest support for the MP). So I'm asking: does anyone know where else I might look? If there is no current kernel tree which builds, does anyone know where the current/most up-to-date device support for the MobilePro is kept, or in which kernel it's in? Any/all help would be appreciated. Thanks! Ben Hodgens ben@hodgens.net