Anyone using mpc832x_mds & freescale's GIT repo?

Anyone using mpc832x_mds & freescale's GIT repo?

[Alex Zeffertt]

Hi list,

I've got an MPC8323E-MDS-PB development board, which is
running a year-old BSP from freescale.  I wanted to track
the most current developments so I cloned

	http://opensource.freescale.com/pub/scm/linux-2.6-83xx.git

and rebuilt with ARCH=powerpc and using the mpc832x_mds_defconfig.

I now don't get any serial console output after u-boot has
started the kernel.

My questions are:

1.	Is anyone else using this GIT repo with this board?

2.	Is there an example u-boot environment for starting the latest kernels
	on this board?

3.	Am I using the right ARCH.  (I chose ARCH=powerpc because there's
	no defconfig file for this board under arch/ppc!)

TIA,

Alex
	

Re: Anyone using mpc832x_mds & freescale's GIT repo?

[Kim Phillips]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:15:41 +0100
Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I've got an MPC8323E-MDS-PB development board, which is
> running a year-old BSP from freescale.  I wanted to track
> the most current developments so I cloned
> 
> 	http://opensource.freescale.com/pub/scm/linux-2.6-83xx.git
> 
that tree is obsolete; I'll label it so to avoid confusion.

> and rebuilt with ARCH=powerpc and using the mpc832x_mds_defconfig.
> 
> I now don't get any serial console output after u-boot has
> started the kernel.
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1.	Is anyone else using this GIT repo with this board?
> 
please use the mpc83xx custodian tree on denx.de:

{git-,cg-}{clone,pull} git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot-mpc83xx.git

> 2.	Is there an example u-boot environment for starting the latest kernels
> 	on this board?

the nfsboot and ramboot commands found in that board's default
environment specify the fdt address with the new bootm syntax.

> 
> 3.	Am I using the right ARCH.  (I chose ARCH=powerpc because there's
> 	no defconfig file for this board under arch/ppc!)
> 
yup.

Kim

Re: Anyone using mpc832x_mds & freescale's GIT repo?

[Alex Zeffertt]

Kim Phillips wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:15:41 +0100
> Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I've got an MPC8323E-MDS-PB development board, which is
>> running a year-old BSP from freescale.  I wanted to track
>> the most current developments so I cloned
>>
>> 	http://opensource.freescale.com/pub/scm/linux-2.6-83xx.git
>>
> that tree is obsolete; I'll label it so to avoid confusion.
> 
>> and rebuilt with ARCH=powerpc and using the mpc832x_mds_defconfig.
>>
>> I now don't get any serial console output after u-boot has
>> started the kernel.
>>
>> My questions are:
>>
>> 1.	Is anyone else using this GIT repo with this board?
>>
> please use the mpc83xx custodian tree on denx.de:
> 
> {git-,cg-}{clone,pull} git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot-mpc83xx.git
> 


Hi Kim,

Thanks for your reply.  I am already using the *u-boot* repo you
mention above.  Do you know which *linux* repository is the most
current for the MPC8323E-MDS-PB board?

Best regards,

Alex

Re: Anyone using mpc832x_mds & freescale's GIT repo?

[Kim Phillips]

On Tue, 01 May 2007 10:34:09 +0100
Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com> wrote:

> 
> mention above.  Do you know which *linux* repository is the most
> current for the MPC8323E-MDS-PB board?

yes, linux..normally I'd say paulus' powerpc.git tree on kernel.org, but
today, 832x-MDS is broken there.  You might want to checkout the v2.6.21
tag until the pending patches (to support the ucc phylib) are applied and
merged.

Kim

Re: Anyone using mpc832x_mds & freescale's GIT repo?

[Alex Zeffertt]

Kim Phillips wrote:
> On Tue, 01 May 2007 10:34:09 +0100
> Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com> wrote:
> 
>> mention above.  Do you know which *linux* repository is the most
>> current for the MPC8323E-MDS-PB board?
> 
> yes, linux..normally I'd say paulus' powerpc.git tree on kernel.org, but
> today, 832x-MDS is broken there.  You might want to checkout the v2.6.21
> tag until the pending patches (to support the ucc phylib) are applied and
> merged.
> 

Thanks again for your reply.  I know this is going to sound like I'm repeating
myself, but I want to be sure....

Would you recommend using powerpc.git v2.6.21 in preference to the 2.6.11
kernel that comes with the latest Freescale BSP (MPC832xE_MDS_K26_20070130-LTIB.iso)?

TIA,

Alex

Re: Anyone using mpc832x_mds & freescale's GIT repo?

[Kim Phillips]

On Tue, 01 May 2007 15:05:44 +0100
Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com> wrote:

> 
> Would you recommend using powerpc.git v2.6.21 in preference to the 2.6.11
> kernel that comes with the latest Freescale BSP (MPC832xE_MDS_K26_20070130-LTIB.iso)?

personally, and in general, yes.  But it really depends on your
application, device driver requirements, etc..

Kim