From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Gregg C Levine" Subject: Re: ELKS porting to DSP Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:39:26 -0400 Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <006401c38505$27c8af20$0100a8c0@who5> References: <20030927054415.0B01272A0@sitemail.everyone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: srinivasa.srungaram@wipro.com, Linux-8086@Vger.Kernel.Org Hello (again) from Gregg C Levine I remember. And I also remember that the group told your colleage that ELKS was, (still is), an x86 targeted OS. That unlike the actual Linux Kernel, it wasn't portable. Oh it could be installed on a Psion, but not here. This DSP does not use the x86 instruction set. Your ideas while lofty and good, don't work. It would require a major rewrite of the entire kernel, and that's not poissible, because it is an x86 targeted one. Your better off, investigating my earlier advice, or even trying to port native Linux to it. Some related processors are targets. Gregg C Levine obiwanthejediknight@att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "srinivas srungaram" To: ; Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 1:44 AM Subject: RE: ELKS porting to DSP > Hello Gregg C Levine and ALL ! > > I and my colleage only discussed this topic , 3 months earlier. > Now I am on this project... > So can u tell me which parts of the code need to be changed.I want to have minimal code to be booted first and later want to add one by one. > > I want to make minimum kernel Image and bootit from the DSP . This is my first aim. > Thinking in this way Plz , suggest me the directories wise changes( like kernel / , fs , / arch/i86/kernel/ , arch/i86/mm/ ). > > I am facing problems to understand all the code as i am new to this field. > Please Help me, > > Thanks and Regards > Srinivas > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregg C Levine [mailto:obiwanthejediknight@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Fri 9/26/2003 9:16 PM > To: Srinivasa Kumar Srungaram; Linux-8086@Vger.Kernel.Org > Cc: > Subject: Re: ELKS porting to DSP > > > Hello from Gregg C Levine > Everything. ELKS is a x86 targeted project. As it happens, ELKS can not be > ported to that DSP with out major work. You are strongly suggested to > contact the company that makes the chip regarding a more suitable Real Time > kernel. Also please examine the archives of this group, as we went over this > subject, three times much earlier. > Gregg C Levine obiwanthejediknight@att.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "srinivas srungaram" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 11:20 PM > Subject: ELKS porting to DSP > > > > Hellow all ! > > > > I am trying to port elks on to Blackfin DSP (21535). > > I took the working sources form the elks site which worked on my 86 > machine. > > > > Can any one suggest me what are the exact issuues (problems) that > comes into picture while porting. > > i.e I want to know which parts of the code need to changed...... > > > > My present status of this project : > > I compiled the C sources of elks with Blackfin compiler > commenting out assembly part and trying to > > port.. > > > > Srinivas > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > > I use Krify Mail - http://mail.krify.com Get Yourname at Krify today! > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > I use Krify Mail - http://mail.krify.com Get Yourname at Krify today! > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html