From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3A4D079E.1778BCEC@mvista.com> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:52:30 -0500 From: Dan Malek MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ron Bianco CC: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: A stable linux 2.2.xx for sandpoint-8240 anywhere? References: <000501c071cd$44356c00$4d012ac7@warp-speed> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Ron Bianco wrote: > There are problems as this port was based on an experimental and unstable > kernel. > There are patches (tons) that fix some of the problems we've been seeing, Really? Although not suitable for a product, there shouldn't be "tons" of patches required to make it useful in a development environment. There may be patches required to work around the different revisions of the Sandpoint hardware. > We're facing a deadline and must concentrate on a custom driver for now. That is where all of the resources seem to be going right now, to custom hardware. The 8240 is just a 603 with 106/107 OpenPIC PCI bridge. The Sandpoint is what required all of the code changes. If your hardware is like a Sandpoint, then there are still changes required to suit your needs. Most people aren't building Sandpoint-like hardware that I know about. > Eventually we'll make our patches for 8240 available. Do it quickly, as there will soon be 824x updates in the 2.4 kernel. -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/