From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3B7C3E51.52B43280@mvista.com> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 17:42:41 -0400 From: Dan Malek MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jure Menart Cc: linuxppc dev Subject: Re: linux-2.4 & 405gp & other stuff References: <20010816175511.A1012@hannanges.teden-mladih.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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 ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/