Hello Graham
For my project I need to port Linux to a MPC850 board ( our H/W is still
at schematic level but we are acquiring a test board from Motorola ).I
have already setup gcc x86/linux -> ppc/linux cross compiler and compiled
the mpc8xx-2.2.13 source with it .Now can you give me a few tips as to how
should I proceed about this job once I get my test board .
regards
Manav
Department Of Elect. Engg.
Indian Institute of Technology , Chennai
India
P.S. There was a small hitch while compiling mpc8xx-2.2.13 , a header file
CACHE.H seems to be missing from the source .
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Hi Manav,
Manav Mediratta writes:
For my project I need to port Linux to a MPC850 board ( our H/W is still
at schematic level but we are acquiring a test board from Motorola ).I
have already setup gcc x86/linux -> ppc/linux cross compiler and compiled
the mpc8xx-2.2.13 source with it .Now can you give me a few tips as to how
should I proceed about this job once I get my test board .
Sure. There are a bunch of tips, in the HOWTO at:
http://members.xoom.com/greyhams/linux/PowerPC-Embedded-HOWTO.html
They include:
- Consider other options before simply settling on a Motorola board.
- Pick the off-the-shelf board that's closest to your final hardware.
- Avoid doing a custom board if possible.
- Use the kernel from the MontaVista site, rather than old mpc8xx-2.2.13.
That should get you started!
Regards,
Graham
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