From: Dan Malek <dan@mvista.com>
To: Jure Menart <jure@kom.org>
Cc: linuxppc dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: linux-2.4 & 405gp & other stuff
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:42:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B7C3E51.52B43280@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20010816175511.A1012@hannanges.teden-mladih.com
Jure Menart wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I've tried to compile linux-2.4 kernel (I tried with sources from
> kernel.org and with sources from denx.de) but it wasn't successful.
Probably not. You need to use the latest 2_4_devel sources from
BitKeeper or one of the CVS/rsync sites. See penguinppc.org for details.
> Kernel was configured for PPC 4xx, Oak Machine type - it had included
> only parallel port, serial console, initrd, ide... really 'bare' kernel.
That's hardly a "bare" kernel......A serial port with an attached
initrd ram disk is a "bare" kernel. You have selected nearly everything
that is supported. I'm not sure if Oak will even run properly. We
have been using Tivo as the 403 test platform.
> Next question I have is: What exactly is 'Machine type' in Platform
> support in kernel configuration? What are 'oak' and 'walnut'? Is this
> like description of board?
Ummm....yeah. The Oak is a 403GCX IBM reference board. The Walnut
is an IBM 405GP reference board.
> IBM 405gp has included ethernet controller - are there any drivers for
> it?
Yep.
-- Dan
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-16 21:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-16 15:55 linux-2.4 & 405gp & other stuff Jure Menart
2001-08-16 21:42 ` Dan Malek [this message]
2001-08-16 23:16 ` Matthew Locke
2001-08-17 0:29 ` Dan Malek
2001-08-17 17:19 ` Matthew Locke
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