From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE1A7679EA for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:59:04 +1100 (EST) To: atul.sabharwal@exgate.tek.com From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: kernel startup Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:47:12 PST." <4A062D477D842B4C8FC48EA5AF2D41F201BA209B@us-bv-m23.global.tektronix.net> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:59:01 +0100 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20060211125901.BD9C935262C@atlas.denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , In message <4A062D477D842B4C8FC48EA5AF2D41F201BA209B@us-bv-m23.global.tektronix.net> you wrote: > >>Please do yourself a favour and read some docs and FAQ's first. With > >>a low mapping ogf the IMMR like 0x00f00000 you will never be able to > >>run Linux. > > I know that the processor does not allow setting up a base address for the > exception vectors. In this situation, it would never be able to handle This has nothing to do with that. Please *read* the FAQ! > Just don't know if this is feasible so scrambling for any other docs. I > have the instruction reference and development manual. You can reinvent the wheel, or read the documented experience of others who went the same way long time ago. 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 The perversity of nature is nowhere better demonstrated by the fact that, when exposed to the same atmosphere, bread becomes hard while crackers become soft.