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From: Magnus Damm <damm@opensource.se>
To: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Cc: Leonard Ye <leonard_ye@ylez.com>, linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: kernel support of MPC8XX series
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 11:39:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AC848EC.92161602@opensource.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20010402092630.6495428826@denx.denx.de


> For us, the majority  of  devices  are  memory  cards  like  SanDisk,
> CompactFlash  or  IDE  harddisk  adapters.  On  one  side, the PCMCIA
> package is a lot of overkill here; on the other  side  it  cannot  be
> used  when  you  want to boot from such a device.

Not really true.
It _is_ possible to boot with the PCMCIA package, it's just a bit
harder.
Use an initrd with a scaled-down PCMCIA package to solve it.

But I suggest you try the in-kernel support as a first step.

/ Magnus

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-04-02  9:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <Your message of "Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:21:55 +0800." <5.0.2.1.0.20010330132041.00a65958@pop.ylez.com>
     [not found] ` <20010330074730.42B7E28827@denx.denx.de>
2001-04-02  9:00   ` kernel support of MPC8XX series Leonard Ye
2001-04-02  9:26     ` Wolfgang Denk
2001-04-02  9:39       ` Magnus Damm [this message]
2001-04-02 10:06         ` Wolfgang Denk
2001-03-30  5:21 Leonard Ye

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