From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD92DDDF2A for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:20:41 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2DD9CF30-5127-4EC1-8D8E-BC6552A832AE@kernel.crashing.org> From: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: ARCH=ppc or ARCH=powerpc Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:20:28 -0500 To: Bizhan Gholikhamseh ((bgholikh)) Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Jun 27, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Bizhan Gholikhamseh ((bgholikh)) wrote: > Hi All, > Sorry for asking this question again, I am still not clear on some > of the issues. > Background: > We have developed a custom board based on Freescale reference > board: MPC8555_CDS with MPC8541E processor running Linux 2.6.11 and > uboot 1.1.2 version. > > I would like to update the Linux kernel to the latest available > kernel 2.6.21. > Here are my questions: > 1- Should I use ARCH=ppc or ARCH=powerpc to build the kernel? Move to ARCH=powerpc. > 2- I have seen similar filenames under arch/ppc and arch/powerpc, > which one applies to MPC8541E? There is support for MPC8541e in both arch/ppc & arch/powerpc. > 3- Once I build the kernel, could I load the kernel with uboot > version 1.1.2 or not? if not what I should do? I can't remember if u-boot 1.1.2 had support for the device tree or not. If not you can use the cuImage target in arch/powerpc and use your existing u-boot. (or upgrade u-boot) - k