From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: joramar76@yahoo.es (=?UTF-8?B?Sm9yZ2UgQW1vcsOzcyBBcmdvcw==?=) Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:24:13 +0200 Subject: A good sub-architecture to base new ports on? In-Reply-To: References: <201205161557.45362.arnd@arndb.de> Message-ID: <4FB5343D.5090509@yahoo.es> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi Alexey and co, I up-ported Solos open code to Openwrt with Linux 2.6.30. I think the only missing module was ADSL. Anyway, compiling was successful but I can't tell if it was functional. Mainly 2 big issues: * No knowledge how to build the image (I wanted to have a self-lzma image in order to save room) * My Solos based router, Xavi 7968, is a bitchy one. I found no way to easily upload firmware into flash. It took me hours to make 1 trial. I'll be glad to share the code with whoever need it and maybe we can take those old routers back to a better world. Regards, Jorge El 17/05/2012 17:29, Alexey Zaytsev escribi?: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Wednesday 16 May 2012, Alexey Zaytsev wrote: >>> Hey. >>> >>> With all the ARM tree rework, I'm wondering, what would be a good (and >>> simple) sub-architecture on which to base new ports. The target is a >>> somewhat dated chip used in ADSL routers, so no DT, or multiplatform. >>> I'm looking at ixp4xx, because I'm somewhat familiar with the >>> platform, but is it a good reference? > Thanks for the reply. > >> For a new subarchitecture, using DT is required, but it should not make >> your work harder. spear3xx/6xx is a good example of an older platform >> that was recently converted (take the arm-soc tree as a base, it contains >> the latest version). > Will do. Thanks for the arm-soc pointer. > >> Another good one would be highbank, but that contains a lot of stuff you >> don't need. >> >> ixp4xx is not very actively maintained, so I would not use that as >> a base. >> >> What platform are you talking about? I know of a few people that are >> working on getting older platforms ported to Linux, so maybe someone >> is already working on a port. > It's a 'Solos' soc from Connexant. They released kernel code for > 2.6.11, and I'm up-porting it to the current kernel. I know at least > two other people interested in the port, adding them to CC. If you > know anyone else, it would be great to share the effort. > -- Jorge Amor?s Argos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: