From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3B378CF8.507A88A1@mvista.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:11:52 -0700 From: "Mark A. Greer" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Johnson Cc: LinuxPPC-Embedded Subject: Re: MVME2100 References: <3B375D00.FC56DFE9@aps.anl.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Andrew Johnson wrote: > I can't believe I'm the first person to want to run LinuxPPC on the > Motorola MVME2100 board, although there aren't many references to it in > the archives. You're right, I've already done a port to this board. Unfortunately, it was done a while ago and I no longer have the hardware so it wasn't moved forward with the kernel. > I have the HardHat Linux 2.0 Journeyman edition installed > for the 8240 CPU (we're thinking about buying the professional edition), > but I can see that the Motorola Sandpoint configuration (the nearest > target to the 2100) isn't going to work without some changes as there is > no SouthBridge on a 2100 (or else I really don't understand this > PPC/PCI/ISA architecture stuff yet, give me VME any day!). > > While I'd like to hack together support for the 2100, it would seem a > waste if someone else has already done this - any offers? Alternatively > any pointers to documentation on how to go about supporting a new board > would be welcome. Do you happen to have a subscription with MontaVista? If so, let me know and we can probably get something going for you in short order (with h/w). If not but you are interested, check out http://www.mvista.com. Do you have a board that you can give/lend me? Mark ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/