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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:14:52 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Stefan Meyer <reyems@telkomsa.net>
Subject: Re: Linux kernel for MPC834X platform
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Stefan Meyer wrote:

> Hi Kumar
> Thanks for the advice. I will rebuild for powerpc and report back.
> B.t.w. what is the story behind the ppc and powerpc branches anyway ?

The powerpc tree is a merge of the ppc32/64 trees into one arch.  It 
requires a flat device tree to boot.  You will need a new u-boot for this 
that produces a flat device tree.

- kumar