Linux on the MobilePro 7xx

Linux on the MobilePro 7xx

[Wim Vander Schelden]

Hi,

I just purchased a MobilePro 770 and I intend to port linux to it. It 
runs on a VR4121 CPU, is there already some support in linux-mips for that?

I found some stuff on the net, but it all uses 2.4 kernels, and I would 
rather get a 2.6 going.

Anyone who knows a little bit more about the subject is welcome to comment,

Wim

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Re: Linux on the MobilePro 7xx

[Ricardo Mendoza]

On 2/1/07, Wim Vander Schelden <wim.vanderschelden@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just purchased a MobilePro 770 and I intend to port linux to it. It
> runs on a VR4121 CPU, is there already some support in linux-mips for that?
>
> I found some stuff on the net, but it all uses 2.4 kernels, and I would
> rather get a 2.6 going.
>
> Anyone who knows a little bit more about the subject is welcome to comment,
>
> Wim

Hi Wim,

The VR41XX branch is pretty much fully supported in the kernel, thanks
to Yoichi Yuasa's work. You just need to make some board setup code
for the MP and you should be ready to boot a kernel on it.

On the current linux-mips tree there is NO support for neither fb,
pcmcia, touchscreen or keyboard for the MP; there are, however, some
drivers for fb, tpanel and keyb written somewhere, just look for them.

PCMCIA is broken due to i82365 legacy way of sorting irq's. Taking a
look at old linux-vr code for 2.4 tree might help to give you an idea
on whats causing the problem.


     Ricardo

Re: Linux on the MobilePro 7xx

[huang ying]

Hi,

I have ported Linux 2.6 to my MobilePro 800, which uses a VR4121 too.
I think most driver can be used for MobilePro 770 too.

The source code and simple document can be found in:
http://linux-mcr700.sourceforge.net

Hope helpful to you.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying