From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <38A2FB72.EF461073@switchboard.ericsson.se> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 18:54:58 +0100 From: Magnus Damm MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Todd_Tomaino@vnci.net CC: linuxppc-embedded Subject: Re: Linux w/ Motorola 860ADS target References: <85256880.007E7FD2.00@ushq1.objectivecom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: "Todd_Tomaino"@vnci.net wrote: > > Hello, Hi! > I am brand new to Linux as well as the list. I am interested in using > Linux with the 860ADS demo board as a target. That is a pretty good board. But watch out for the ZIF socket! I've got two boards: One PILOT and one REV-B. Only the REV-B works. > Could anyone suggest a > version of Linux that is well suited for this purpose. ftp://linuxppc.cs.nmt.edu/pub/linuxppc/embedded/mpc8xx-2.2.13.tgz That version has not much ADS860 support, but I've made a patch that is floating around. Check previous messages! You also need to apply a low-memory patch if you want to be able to do something. Check the archives there too. This site has info about booting and stuff. http://www.s4l.de/powerpc.html You will probably need 8xxrom to boot your board. > Also, drivers for > the PCMCIA interface would be a real plus. Well, that's me! I am actually running Linux on a ADS860 right now, trying out my PCMCIA socket driver for the mpc8xx series. Most things work, but I have not released the driver yet. I plan doing so next week or so. The driver will be as a patch against David Hinds pcmcia-cs package. > In looking around under the > search criteria for "Linux PPC" I am seeing versions such as Black Lab, > Yellow Dog, Debian, etc. These appear to be geared more towards desktop > power pc units. Is it possible to use one of these for an embedded > application?? If you patch and replace glibc it should be possible. You probably need heaps of memory, though. We crosscompile the programs we need. Good luck / Magnus > best regards, > > Todd ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/