From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <37DC6656.2A40D04D@ctam.com.au> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:49:58 +1000 From: Brendan Simon Reply-To: bsimon@ctam.com.au MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded , linuxppc-dev Subject: LinuxPPC: porting to new platforms Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: I've been trying to get linuxppc running on a Motorola ADS board for some time now. It seems that the ADS/FADS boards are quite horrible from the mail I've read on this list. I have now decided to take the plunge and port it to a custom MPC860 board. Are there any documents that will help in the port ? I need information on which files need changing etc and what strategies to adopt. At the moment, I am playing around with the 2.2.11 kernel sources which I got from a kernel mirror. I notice that the support for BSE and RPX boards is not in this source. Are there some PPC specific kernel archives I should be getting instead ? I don't think 2.2.11 is the latest in the 2.2 series anymore. I want to make my port official and included in the kernel sources. What is the best way to go about this ? Is it recommended to use the latest experimental kernels (2.3.x) or the latest 2.2 kerenl ? Is 2.2.11 ok to develop with or should I get the latest 2.2 kernel ? Anyway, I am basing my port on the MBX stuff as it is the only 860 port in the 2.2.11 archive I have. I think the BSE or FADS port would be closer to my custom board though. I basically have copied the mbxboot/ directory to myboot/ and have altered config.in. I tried compiling and found that it was trying to do the chrp build. I think I need to add support for my_defconfig files. The mbx_defconconfig files says that it is generated automatically by make menuconfig and not to edit it. How do I get make menuconfig to generate my_defconfig etc. Is there anything else I have to do. Thanks, Brendan Simon. ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/