From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <38A4037D.C89CFBBB@switchboard.ericsson.se> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:41:33 +0100 From: Magnus Damm MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Clayton, Mark" CC: linuxppc-embedded Subject: Re: Linux w/ Motorola 860ADS target References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: "Clayton, Mark" wrote: > > Is there a difference between the 860ADS and the 860FADS? Yep. The big difference is that the FADS series of boards all share the same motherboard and different CPU:s has got different daughterboards with some extra features. My FADS860T has got a 100Mbit PHY on the daughterboard. The FADS motherboard has got 4MBytes of sdram conneted to it. The ADS is only supporting the 860/821 processor and has no daughterboard and no sdram either. None of the boards are stable. The worst board it the FADS. I wonder if it will boot today... For more info and pictures: http://www.s4l.de/powerpc.html > Thanks, > Mark > > > > > > > "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/