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From: Adrian Cox <apc@agelectronics.co.uk>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: embedded PowerPC porting coordination [was Re: Motorola Web Site]
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 09:57:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <37A2BA72.6478427F@agelectronics.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37A19963.AE7DBE66@mitre.org


Charles Lepple wrote:
> Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > To support a  broader  range  ofborads  some  cleanup  is  necessary,
> > isolating  HW  dependent  parts  of  the  code  in "BSP" like groups,
> > allowing for easier configuration of device configuration,  port  pin
> > assignment etc.
> 
> I'm not exactly volunteering for the job of coordinating this, but I
> would have to agree. Would it make sense to start another list
> ("linuxppc-embedded," perhaps?) to discuss this at greater length?

Another thing to consider - linuxppc-dev is already a mix of PPC kernel
development, and linuxppc distribution userspace issues. I've ported
2.2.10 to my embedded board, but I'm using a Debian userspace.

The PPC kernel is halfway towards a sensible BSP structure already - all
it needs is some tidying up, a sensible directory structure for BSPs,
and a few new conditions like CONFIG_PPC_HAVE_OPEN_FIRMWARE. The main
area to work on is arch/ppc/mm/init.c, which has to have too many board
specific functions in its current form.

- Adrian Cox, AG Electronics.

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  reply	other threads:[~1999-07-31  8:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <199907290636.IAA07134@denx.muc.de>
1999-07-30 12:24 ` embedded PowerPC porting coordination [was Re: Motorola Web Site] Charles Lepple
1999-07-31  8:57   ` Adrian Cox [this message]
1999-07-31 10:48     ` Hartmut Koptein
1999-07-31 17:53       ` Wolfgang Denk

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