From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nommos.sslcatacombnetworking.com (nommos.sslcatacombnetworking.com [67.18.224.114]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE94A687EA for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 03:18:54 +1100 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200511230816400937.2B36A589@smtp.dslextreme.com> References: <200511230732120750.2B0DEEED@smtp.dslextreme.com> <200511230816400937.2B36A589@smtp.dslextreme.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <876043CF-5CC2-409D-A543-8C90C5E92097@kernel.crashing.org> From: Kumar Gala Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:19:38 -0600 To: "Dan Wilson" Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Freescale 8541 support List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Nov 23, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Dan Wilson wrote: > On 11/23/2005 at 9:51 AM Kumar Gala wrote: > >> If I'm not mistaken the Denx kernel is based on 2.6.14. This should >> have support for the MPC8541. Realize that the differences between >> MPC8540 and MPC8541/55 are minor. Is there something specific on >> MPC8541 your looking for. >> >> - kumar > > Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, I am constrained to use the > 2.4 kernel by another software package that I have to use, which > doesn't yet support 2.6. It appears to me that the 8541/8555 > support was put into 2.6 and never back-ported to 2.4. I'll take a > look at the manuals today and compare the 8540 to the 8541: perhaps > I can live with the 8540 support that does appear to be in the 2.4 > kernel. If not, hopefully the porting job won't be very difficult. I believe the linuxppc-dev 2.4 tree had support for the MPC8541/55. - kumar