From: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
To: Johns Daniel <johns.daniel@gmail.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Common kernel image for e300 and e500v2
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:21:08 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4979EE74.6040306@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ba5d9360901230705v750a958au7eeaa923aadc41ad@mail.gmail.com>
Johns Daniel wrote:
> Is it possible -- and prudent -- to use a single kernel binary image
> for two similar boards, one based on an e300 core and the other on an
> e500v2 core?
No, it is not possible. They use different MMUs, and the kernel does
not support choosing between them at runtime.
> I was surprised to see that the e500v2-targeted toolchain did build
> the kernel for the e300 board just fine. Don't know whether this will
> always be true?
"always" is a strong word, but it should generally work.
-Scott
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-23 16:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-23 15:05 Common kernel image for e300 and e500v2 Johns Daniel
2009-01-23 16:21 ` Scott Wood [this message]
2009-01-23 17:31 ` Johns Daniel
2009-01-23 18:42 ` Scott Wood
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