From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.windriver.com (mail.windriver.com [147.11.1.11]) by mx1.pokylinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD2D64C8009A for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 01:48:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from ALA-MAIL03.corp.ad.wrs.com (ala-mail03 [147.11.57.144]) by mail.windriver.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p277mfAt018306; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 23:48:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ala-mail06.corp.ad.wrs.com ([147.11.57.147]) by ALA-MAIL03.corp.ad.wrs.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, 6 Mar 2011 23:48:41 -0800 Received: from [147.11.233.56] ([147.11.233.56]) by ala-mail06.corp.ad.wrs.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, 6 Mar 2011 23:48:41 -0800 Message-ID: <4D748DD8.5030402@windriver.com> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:48:40 -0500 From: Bruce Ashfield User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110223 Thunderbird/3.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gmane@reliableembeddedsystems.com References: <4D725AB1.8040309@linux.intel.com> <4D72DACE.6050209@windriver.com> In-Reply-To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Mar 2011 07:48:41.0290 (UTC) FILETIME=[13A6D2A0:01CBDC9C] Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: yocto supported freescale eval boards X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:48:50 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 11-03-06 03:18 AM, Robert Berger wrote: > Hi Darren, Bruce, > > On 03/06/2011 02:52 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well. >> >> The imx31ads is supported by older non linux-yocto recipes, so it >> may have some bit rot at the moment. Until it gets refreshed onto >> a linux-yocto base, your mileage will vary with it. > > Thanks for the hint;) > >> >>> >>> We're currently using the following board. >>> >>> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN >>> >> >> Confirmed. This is the board we are currently using. >> >> >> There are definitely plans to update/refresh the FSL/e500 board >> options. Unofficially there's a whole set of boards that will >> work fine, and there's a good pool of good quality BSPs that are >> viable options. >> >> I hesitate to say more, since nothing has been quite chosen yet >> and I'd be speculating or worse misleading at this point. But >> a newer e500 based board is something that will arrive once >> everything falls into place. > > Do you happen to have some time estimation for this? Nothing that I'd call a solid commitment at the moment. Hopefully this will be something we can clarify in the next little while. > >> >> That being said, I can suggest/help with the addition of any of >> a number of FSL powerpc based boards, it all depends on what >> the requirements are for the board. Does it just have to >> be readily available ? Less than 'x' dollars ? Any particular >> peripheral support ? > > I'm doing a 5 days "Introduction to Embedded Linux" and a 5 days "Device > Drivers and Kernel Internals" training which are pretty much hardware > independent. Just want to avoid using LTIB and want to use yocto > instead, since a "mainline" kernel is definitely preferred over whatever > comes with LTIB. Most likely mainline will work with most of the powerpc > based boards as long as I don't need any fancy peripherals. A reasonable requirement and something that leaves a good set of boards available. > > Thanks for the offer to help me adding a board. I'll have a chat with my > customer and will let you know Sounds good. Bruce > > Regards, > > Robert > >> >> Cheers, >> >> Bruce >> >>> >> > > ...I read the system requirements label on a software package recently. > It said "requires Windows NT or better". So I installed Unix. -- from a FAQ > > My public pgp key is available at: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90320BF1 > > > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto