From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 05 Feb 2003 16:58:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([IPv6:::ffff:12.44.186.158]:65273 "EHLO av.mvista.com") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:58:37 +0000 Received: from [10.2.2.20] (av [127.0.0.1]) by av.mvista.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA06766; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 08:57:52 -0800 Subject: Re: which kernel tree for Au1500? From: Pete Popov To: Bruno Randolf Cc: linux-mips In-Reply-To: <200302051234.01252.br1@4g-systems.de> References: <200302051234.01252.br1@4g-systems.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: MontaVista Software Message-Id: <1044464033.9562.22.camel@adsl.pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 Date: 05 Feb 2003 08:53:53 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 1338 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ppopov@mvista.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 03:34, Bruno Randolf wrote: > hello, > > we are developing a board based on the Au1500 SOC and we need to adapt the > linux kernel for it. since we need something working soon, we will > concentrate on the 2.4 version. > > so i wanted to ask which kernel tree is recommended for the Au1x00 chipset. > i've found the tree on http://linux-mips.sourceforge.net/ and the 2_4 branch > of linux-mips.org look most promising, but they have various differences, > most obvious the hyd1100/ directory on sf and the db1x00/ directory on > linux-mips. another significant difference is that the sf version has power > management support and that linux-mips supports one more PHY in au1000_eth.c. linux-mips.org is more up to date now and I don't plan on updating the sourceforge tree anymore. You don't need the hyd1100 board since it's an internal board only. The PM support ... I haven't tested it in linux-mips.org but it need a little work anyway. Pete