MPC880 and ELDK

MPC880 and ELDK

[Sanjeev R]

Hi ,
I need some  details  , if I have to work on MPC880 and linux.
There are some questions to get clarified.

 Does  ELDK support  MPC880 arch? (linux distro in it)
If yes , can i have some details on that?
If ELDK doesnt is there any other distro i can go for..?

 Since Uboot supports MPC885 i presume it has to support MPC880, coz except
 for the extra security module and the SCC they dont differ a lot.

 Thanks in advance
 Sanjeev


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Re: MPC880 and ELDK

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <s088e797.066@EMAIL> you wrote:
>
>  Does  ELDK support  MPC880 arch? (linux distro in it)

The MPC880 is just  another  member  of  the  MPC8xx  family.  It  is
supported by the ppc_8xx packages in the ELDK.

> If yes , can i have some details on that?

See http://www.denx.de/ELDK.html

> If ELDK doesnt is there any other distro i can go for..?

I think your question is wrong. You don't need a new or special Linux
distribution for each new processor. What you need is  processor  and
board  support in U-Boot and the Linux kernel - but this is obviously
board dependent.

>  Since Uboot supports MPC885 i presume it has to support MPC880, coz except
>  for the extra security module and the SCC they dont differ a lot.

Tey are just like all the other 8xx processors.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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libjpeg

[David Ho]

Hi Wolfgang,

I'm trying to build Qtopia-free 1.7 using ELDK 3.0 and I noticed it does
not contain a jpeg library which is required by Qtopia/QPE.  Do you know
anyone who've already built that for the ELDK?  Otherwise I'll have to
build it myself.

Regards,

David Ho
Nanometrics Inc.


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Re: libjpeg

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <OFD3D32938.2CFCB9D9-ON85256E82.005D844D-85256E82.005E41BA@nanometrics.ca> you wrote:
>
> I'm trying to build Qtopia-free 1.7 using ELDK 3.0 and I noticed it does
> not contain a jpeg library which is required by Qtopia/QPE.  Do you know
> anyone who've already built that for the ELDK?  Otherwise I'll have to
> build it myself.

Try it out; it should be pretty straightforward.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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Re: libjpeg

[David Ho]

> > I'm trying to build Qtopia-free 1.7 using ELDK 3.0 and I noticed it
does
> > not contain a jpeg library which is required by Qtopia/QPE.  Do you
know
> > anyone who've already built that for the ELDK?  Otherwise I'll have to
> > build it myself.
>
> Try it out; it should be pretty straightforward.

Is there an idiot's guide to run the configure script to generate a
makefile that uses a cross-compiler instead of the native gcc.  I like to
build it from my ix86 box.  I'm getting a headache from googling...

David


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Re: MPC880 and ELDK

[Sanjeev R]

Thanks for the information. Actually wanted to validate my assumptions and to make it doubly sure that i can look  for support from the list.

Thanks
Sanjeev

>>> Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> 04/23/04 12:11AM >>>
In message <s088e797.066@EMAIL> you wrote:
>
>  Does  ELDK support  MPC880 arch? (linux distro in it)

The MPC880 is just  another  member  of  the  MPC8xx  family.  It  is
supported by the ppc_8xx packages in the ELDK.

> If yes , can i have some details on that?

See http://www.denx.de/ELDK.html

> If ELDK doesnt is there any other distro i can go for..?

I think your question is wrong. You don't need a new or special Linux
distribution for each new processor. What you need is  processor  and
board  support in U-Boot and the Linux kernel - but this is obviously
board dependent.

>  Since Uboot supports MPC885 i presume it has to support MPC880, coz except
>  for the extra security module and the SCC they dont differ a lot.

Tey are just like all the other 8xx processors.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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Software Engineering:  Embedded and Realtime Systems,  Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87  Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88  Email: wd@denx.de
"Unibus timeout fatal trap program lost sorry"  -  An  error  message
printed by DEC's RSTS operating system for the PDP-11


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