From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailout05.sul.t-online.com (mailout05.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.82]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63FC967A46 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 04:21:53 +1100 (EST) To: Peter Asemann From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:26:07 +0100." <4203940F.2010109@web.de> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:21:39 +0100 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20050204172144.738C0C108D@atlas.denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: eldk: compiling linux for custom hardware List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , In message <4203940F.2010109@web.de> you wrote: > I'm going to compile embedded power pc linux for a custom hardware. > I use the Denx ELDK. > The Linux Kernel configuration (make menuconfig) asks what machine type > to compile Linux for. > So I have the problem that I do not know which option to choose ("none" > is not an option in the dialogue) and that I also do not know what You will have to port the Linux kernel for your hardware, which includes adding appropriate entries to the config menues. > choosing one of the existing options actually changes behind the scenes. It will most certainly result in a configuration which is wrong for your board. > I'd like a Linux to drop out that supports my MPC875 chip, works with > the LXT 970A ethernet PHY chip and (if possible) the ISP1301 > USB-on-the-go USB chip the board has and supports a serial terminal via > SCC4 via the RXD4/TXD4 signals. You will have to create a port (more exactly: a configuration) of the Linux kernel for your board. [Note: this has nothing to do with the DENX ELDK -- your subject is somewhat misleading.] Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. - Thomas Jefferson