From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <383BA2FD.E894EC61@ict.ac.cn> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 16:34:05 +0800 From: LiuTao Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Malek Cc: LinuxPPC Developers List , "linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org" Subject: Re: need suggestions References: <3839F122.3BF6FEDF@ict.ac.cn> <383A0E2D.CFACF894@jlc.net> <383A0E2E.9A261E81@ict.ac.cn> <383A30B7.37700779@jlc.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Hi: Dan Malek wrote: > My approach is to actually port a Linux kernel to the 8xx board, which I have a ADS8xx board and I downloaded kernel source mpc8xx-2.2.13.tgz from ppc.kernel.org. Can you tell me how to port it to ADS8xx board and make a bootrom of Linux? I am a newbie, so please tell something in detail. Thanks! LiuTao > is pretty easy these days for just the minimal network support, then > slightly "customize" it (so it doesn't use _all_ of memory) and flash > is using S-record download or BDM tools. I then just use the Linux > kernel with a TFTP application to do the job. Just mmap() the unused > memory for loading a new image, and modify the reboot to call a > specific address rather than return to rom. > > -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/