linux on sdp2420

linux on sdp2420

[Haribabu Narayanan]

Hi all,

    I am trying to get the latest possible working linux kernel on SDP
2420 board.  I have managed to get 2.6.14
(http://linux.omap.com/pub/kernel/2430sdp/source/) to boot on this.
However, the later versions of kernel in the TI site (pointing to
linux.omap.com) don't compile for H4 (is it no longer supported?).

    It would be great if you guys can provide your inputs on the
following doubts:

1. Will the OMAP git kernel be of any use w.r.t 2420? Or is 2420
completely unsupported after 2.6.14?
2. Has anybody ever got wireless to work on 2420 (2.6.14 or others)?
I need to get a 802.11 connection working on that board and not sure
what is the level of kernel/drivers support for that.  I should be ok
with any underlying connectivity (miniPCI, SDIO or USB) as long as I
can work on the code.
3. Is OMAP2420 data sheet not available in public?

-hari

Re: linux on sdp2420

[Nishanth Menon]

Haribabu Narayanan said the following on 11/06/2009 01:16 AM:
> 1. Will the OMAP git kernel be of any use w.r.t 2420? Or is 2420
> completely unsupported after 2.6.14?
>   
The current mainline kernel is 2.6.32-rc6 or there abouts. I have not
heard of folks testing OMAP2 (at least not in this list). If you do have
a 2420 and are interested to get things working with the very latest
kernel + bootloader etc.., Few folks in this list or in #linux-omap irc
channel could guide you through it..

> 3. Is OMAP2420 data sheet not available in public?
>   
Unfortunately, no.

Regards,
Nishanth Menon

Re: linux on sdp2420

[Haribabu Narayanan]

hi.,

   well., i am pretty much interested in trying it out....but if
omap2420 data-sheet is not in the public domain, i am curious to know
as to how i can contribute much?

   if i were to proceed wo the data-sheet, how can I start? try to
incorporate code from 2.6.14 (which is atleast booting) to the latest
part by part? is there any info that i can get on which modules are
actually supported in 2.6.14 for sdp2420(in addition to the ones
selected by default config)?

-hari

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Nishanth Menon <menon.nishanth@gmail.com> wrote:
> Haribabu Narayanan said the following on 11/06/2009 01:16 AM:
>> 1. Will the OMAP git kernel be of any use w.r.t 2420? Or is 2420
>> completely unsupported after 2.6.14?
>>
> The current mainline kernel is 2.6.32-rc6 or there abouts. I have not
> heard of folks testing OMAP2 (at least not in this list). If you do have
> a 2420 and are interested to get things working with the very latest
> kernel + bootloader etc.., Few folks in this list or in #linux-omap irc
> channel could guide you through it..
>
>> 3. Is OMAP2420 data sheet not available in public?
>>
> Unfortunately, no.
>
> Regards,
> Nishanth Menon
>