From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:42:02 +0100 (BST) Received: from web81008.mail.yahoo.com ([IPv6:::ffff:206.190.37.153]:46736 "HELO web81008.mail.yahoo.com") by linux-mips.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:41:57 +0100 Message-ID: <20040927204150.79545.qmail@web81008.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [216.98.102.225] by web81008.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:41:50 PDT X-RocketYMMF: pvpopov@pacbell.net Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:41:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Pete Popov Reply-To: ppopov@embeddedalley.com Subject: Re: 2.6 status for pb1100? To: Karl Lessard , linux-mips@linux-mips.org In-Reply-To: <415879BF.3060802@sunrisetelecom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: 5906 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@embeddedalley.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips > I'm working with a PB1100 board, and I try to run a > linux 2.6 kernel. I've both try the > kernel.org releases (2.6.8.1)and linux-mips CVS > head. While both fail due to many reasons, > I've observed that some drivers have not > been implemented or updated for kernel 2.6 > series (for example the au1100 framebuffer > driver still use some kernel 2.4 headers). > > My question is: Do PB1100 boards are officially > supported by 2.6.x kernels? Not yet, but we're working on it. Our target is the Db1x boards, however, updating the Pb1x will be trivial once the Pb1x are working. I have a bunch of patches in my queue but won't be able to push them until I get back from vacation. The FB driver is not one of them though -- that comes later. Pete