[Buildroot] Adding Cirrus EP93XX ARM to buildroot

[Ivan Kuten <ivan.kuten@promwad.com>]

Brian Austin ?????:
> All,
> 
> I would like to start the process of adding the Cirrus Logic EP93XX ARM9
> family to buildroot.
> 
> couple things about the 93xx.
> 
> 1.  Maverick Crunch  FPU.  I have patches for GCC/uClibc to enable
> Crunch FPU.
> 
> 2. Linux Kernel.  We have a patch for several current kernel versions up
> to 2.6.21.5.
> 
> I also have patches for DirectFB which I submitted last week and QT,
> TSLIB, and other BSP software which have not been submitted.
> 
> I also think there is a section for bootloaders as well?
> 
> Qustion is,  where to start?
> 
> Right now we give out a modified version of buildroot for the prebuilt
> toolchain and a buildroot system for building the kernel, u-boot,
> redboot (ecos), and BSP software.  But I want it to go into ya'lls to
> make things more consistent.  it's hard for me to do everything here.
> We use DirectFB/GTK now for our graphics and I had to change alot to get
> it to build and install correctly to pass SQA testing, so hopefully that
> can be of use as well.
> 
> anyway comments and suggestions on where to start would be great.
> 
> Regards,
> Brian Austin
> Cirrus Logic Inc. 
> 
> 

Hi Brian,

That's great that Cirrus decided to merge its verion of buildroot with mainline.
I was thinking to start adding Cirrus stuff to buildroot by myself, because we use EP93xx
 but need packages present in mainline buildroot.

Now that's a good chance to join efforts so that Cirrus EP93xx integration into buildroot go quickly.

I'd suggest you to take a look into target/device dir
and create layout for target/device/Cirrus

And start posting your patches. I think patches for packages are not very Cirrus CPU specific.

Best regards,
Ivan

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