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 520BBDE069 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:22:49 +1100 (EST) To: Steve Heflin From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: ppc platform for AMCC-440EPx - ELDK to the rescue Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:08:03 -0400." <20080326130837.762DBDE2FB@ozlabs.org> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:22:47 +0100 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20080326222247.337AB242FC@gemini.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 <20080326130837.762DBDE2FB@ozlabs.org> you wrote: > I finally resolved my nightmare of getting linux-2.6.24/5... to work > on my AMCC-440Epx - Sequoia spinoff board. Following a clue I derived > from a reply from Wolfgang Denx, I went to the DENX Engineering site > where I discoved and downloaded the ELDK for the ppc_4xxFP. the ELDK > uses the ppc platform instead of the powerpc platform. FINALLY the This is not exactly correct. Actually it supports both. > Also, I fail to see what the DTS virtualization layer of the hardware > buys us. When debugging, it's so much harder to use than the ppc > platform's straight forward and standard methodologies. I can't > understand to goal to eliminate the ppc platform, especially given > the fact that DENX's ELDK is still using it with Linux 2.6.24.2 !! You miss the fact that the ELDK has full support for arch/powerpc, and that some board configurations in our kernel (for example, all MPC5200 based ones) are available in arch/powerpc configurations only. But then - what's the difference? All it takes is a redefinition of the ARCH envrionment variable in your shell... Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de I've got a bad feeling about this.