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 A634567BAC for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 01:06:45 +1100 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20061208132038.38517.qmail@web25601.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20061208132038.38517.qmail@web25601.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: From: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: MPC8568E-MDS board support Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:06:37 -0600 To: emre kara Cc: "linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org" List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Dec 8, 2006, at 7:20 AM, emre kara wrote: > Hi folks; > My question is espacially to freescale people. > We have a plan to move our platform to a new (and > fast) freescale cpu (currently we are using MPC8540), > and MPC8568E is an reasonable alternative. There is > an development board, named MPC8568E-MDS but I > could'nt find any resource related to it. > Here is my questions: > 1- Is there any plan to support this board and cpu? > When? typically freescale has provided patches for new boards. > 2- What is the nearest cpu and board to start > development on MPC8568E-MDS and how much work do we > have to spend? the MPC8548 CDS and MPC8360 MDS are probably the best starting points. - k