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 B892567B8F for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:00:10 +1000 (EST) To: Adrian From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: PPChameleonEVB Newbie question Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:24:34 +0200." <010001c6ed49$aa8ab390$3a0da8c0@adrianlaptop> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:00:08 +0200 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20061011230008.74BA7353DA0@atlas.denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Dear Adrian, in message <010001c6ed49$aa8ab390$3a0da8c0@adrianlaptop> you wrote: > > I have a PPChameleonEVB board running a 405EP processor. DAVE has a lot of pretty detailed application notes. Make sure to read their docs. > I have tried many things, and can now boot Linux 2.6.15 on the board using > an NFS share as both root fs and swap. Swap over NFS? Grrghh... > When I try to compile & install the kernel modules on the board, i get an > message about perl and then it errors. Why don't you just use the cross tools? > 1) Kernel version/Linux distroof the i386 PC used for the cross-compiling. Should not matter much. > 2) ELDK version and if there are any patches needed. For a 2.6 kernel tree you need ELDK 4.0. > 2) Perl version (or how to stop the Kernel build using perl) Use the cross tools. It's much faster anyway. 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 He had quite a powerful intellect, but it was as powerful like a locomotive, and ran on rails and was therefore almost impossible to steer. - Terry Pratchett, _Lords and Ladies_