From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.180]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A203DDDE4 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:55:25 +1000 (EST) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m28so2266334wag for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:55:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:55:21 -0600 From: "Grant Likely" Sender: glikely@secretlab.ca To: schardt Subject: Re: Newbie and linux on virtex-II ppc In-Reply-To: <46D4257C.7060208@fz-juelich.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <46D2C9A5.9030708@fz-juelich.de> <46D2CFFB.6050602@fz-juelich.de> <46D41298.7060109@fz-juelich.de> <46D4221D.8030500@fz-juelich.de> <46D4257C.7060208@fz-juelich.de> Cc: Linux PPC Linux PPC List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 8/28/07, schardt wrote: > Grant Likely wrote: > > On 8/28/07, schardt wrote: > > > >> Grant Likely wrote: > >> > >>> You've got 2 choices: > >>> 1. use the new sysace driver; it's already in mainline. The new > >>> driver is faster, but it doesn't handle hotswap of the CF card (yet) > >>> > >>> > >> But where in menuconfig could i find the sysace driver ? i'm blind, i > >> think :) > >> > > > > Which version of kernel are you using? The new sysace driver was > > merged into 2.6.22 > > > > > linux-2.6.22.5 Should be under drivers->block devices then. > >>> 2. use the EDK driver; easiest way is to use my tree which already hasGrant Likely > >>> it merged: http://git.secretlab.ca > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> i made an EDK update and now i have the linux_2_2 os in the software > >> options. the bsp with all drivers is generated. > >> and now ? > >> - copy to kernel tree > >> - use the xmake to build the kernel, or make ? > >> > > Grant Likely > > Don't use EDK to build you're kernel. It's too fragile and you need > > to use the *exact* version of kernel that EDK expects. You're better > > off to manually copy the xparams file from the generated BSP. (ie. > > Don't let EDK know where your real kernel source tree is) > > > wuh ? i dont need all the driver from the generatet bsp files ? what > about the gpios and leds ? Most drivers are already in my tree; any that are missing you can copy over manually. > i compile the kernel with a self made cross toolchain, not with the edk. > until now i copied the bsp files into the kernel tree (modfied some > defines) und compile with "make zImage". But know with the linux_2_6 > option there is some more stuff in the bsp directory and i don't know > what to do with :) > > > > >> and why is there no dokumentation :) > > > > Care to write some? > > > huh, not really :) > im just a little newbie best way to learn. :-) g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. grant.likely@secretlab.ca (403) 399-0195