From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 02 Sep 2002 21:39:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jeeves.momenco.com ([64.169.228.99]:63237 "EHLO host099.momenco.com") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 21:39:01 +0200 Received: (from mdharm@localhost) by host099.momenco.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g82Jco828191; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:38:50 -0700 Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:38:50 -0700 From: Matthew Dharm To: Ralf Baechle Cc: Linux-MIPS Subject: Re: PATCH: linux_2_4: add support for the Ocelot-G board Message-ID: <20020902123850.A28171@momenco.com> References: <20020902190038.F15618@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020902190038.F15618@linux-mips.org>; from ralf@linux-mips.org on Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 07:00:38PM +0200 Organization: Momentum Computer, Inc. X-Copyright: (C) 2002 Matthew Dharm, all rights reserved. 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: 55 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: mdharm@momenco.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Oh, I agree that a 64-bit kernel makes sense. I'm just not sure what is needed to get from where I am now to where I want to be. There is _much_ interest from our customers for 64-bit linux. Especially if the toolchain catches up so that we can have 64-bit userspace. Anyone have some quick pointers on how to get from here to there? Matt On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 07:00:38PM +0200, Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 04:00:51PM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote: > > > The attached two patches and small tar archive (I can't figure out how > > to make CVS do the equivalent of a diff -N) add support to the 2.4 > > branch for the Ocelot-G board (RM7000 processor with GT-64240 bridge). > > > > I've gone ahead and created an linux/arch/mips/momenco directory, as > > we've got another board almost ready to add to the repository (the > > Ocelot-C and -CS), and we've got concrete plans to port to our > > RM9000x2 board (Jaguar), which has at least a couple of varieties. I > > figured getting all this organized under one directory would be wise. > > > > Presuming this gets accepted, there are a few more patches in this > > series... some updates to the MTD probing address for these boards, as > > well as a new ethernet driver for the GT-64240 on-board ethernet. > > > > Ralf, please apply these to the CVS repository. > > As a note - most boards are now selectable for the 32-bit and 64-bit kernel. > For a board like the Ocelot having a 64-bit kernel certainly makes sense ... > > Ralf -- Matthew Dharm Work: mdharm@momenco.com Senior Software Designer, Momentum Computer