From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <20010214100858.15856.qmail@dag.newtech.fi> To: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Porting framework ? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:08:58 +0200 From: Dag Nygren Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hi, As I just fairly successfully have ported the a Linux kernel (2.2.17) to a PPC board, I would like to make some suggestions: 1. What about putting our "clever" heads together and creating a framework for porting Linux to a PPC board. - Splitting up the code for the Mac:s to make it work wo. Open Firmware, or creating a stub's file for usage in the embedded ports. Now it is fairly difficult to use ie. the PCI-code in 2.4.x wo. the OF stuff, at least it needs some duplicated work. 2. Then documenting this fairly well.... Some kind of PPC porting guide ? 3. Making an effort in commenting the code we have already done. 4. Doing a centralized administration for this and getting it into Linus's main branch. Is this going on already or should we do something about it ?. BRGDS -- Dag Nygren email: dag@newtech.fi Oy NewTech Ab phone: +358 9 8024910 Trasktorpet 3 fax: +358 9 8024916 02360 ESBO GSM: 0400-426312 FINLAND ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/