LinuxPPC for MPC8240

LinuxPPC for MPC8240

[Dennis Kung]

Hi,

This is Dennis Kung from Motorola AP (Asia-Pacific).
I am pleased to share with you that LinuxPPC is now running on our
reference platform Sandpoint with the MPC8240 integrated chip
as it's  processor.
I am using kernel version 2.2.6 as it's base, and installed LinuxPPC
1999
in IDE root file-system. X-Server is also ready for this box.
Currently, it works well with following configurations.

-Sandpoint reference platform
  http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/teksupport/refdesigns/sandpoint.html
-MPC8240 up to 266Mhz
-RealTek RTL8139 100/10 Ethernet
-S3 Savage4 X-server
-IDE Hard-disk
-PS2 Keyboard/Mouse

Feel free  to contact with  me if you want to know more about this.
or any comment ?

Dennis
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Re: LinuxPPC for MPC8240

[Dan Malek]

Dennis Kung wrote:


> Feel free  to contact with  me if you want to know more about this.
> or any comment ?


Perhaps you would like to send some of it to me so I can integrate
it with the work I have already done for the same platform.  I am
in the process of patching the latest 2.2.xx and 2.3.xx with the
8240/Sandpoint modifications I did this past summer.

Do you have some custom ROM monitor that allows booting from the
hard disk?  Is that something you would like to share as well?
I know of a few people, including myself, that are working on
this.  It is the biggest hurdle to making Linux useful, as the
DINK monitor provided with the board only has S-record download
capability.

Thanks.


	-- Dan

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