From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:33:14 -0500 From: Mayan Moudgill Message-Id: <9902151833.AA34022@mayan.watson.ibm.com> To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Porting to PPC750 embedded board; what should I do now? Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: I am porting Linux (pre-) 2.2 to a PPC750 embedded board. The board has (currently) a 750, 2 16450-compatible UARTs, and 16MB of memory I have got Linux ported to the point where it can use initrd to do something useful. I am cross-compiling from an AIX power-pc box using egcs-1.1.1. I am wondering how to proceed. I have access to a x86-based Linux system, and may be able to get access to a PPC box running Linux. What I think I should do next is build a ramdisk with the appropriate pieces of software on it, and then compile a kernel with that as the initrd. Questions: - on which platform should I build the ramdisk? (in particular, since the endiannes of a PPC is different from an x86, can I do it on an x86) - what should I put on the ramdisk? (which executables are the minimum neccessary?; remember I only have 16M total) - should I use the executables from the linux-ppc RPMs, or should I build from scratch? If so, what is the best path. Thanks! Mayan Moudgill mayan@watson.ibm.com 914 945 4348 [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]