Re: AW: New Linux PowerPC development
From: David Updegraff <hidden>
Date: 2001-07-24 15:35:52
Hi. We also use 405GP, and have a tentatively "stable" kernel from a 2.4.2 tree. The combination of these tools with PPCBOOT has been a really nice, open environment to work in...
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We feel we would have to design an interface into an FPGA. It doesn't support 100BaseT either. We are also looking at using either the MPC8260/MPC8265 or the IBM 405GP. I have been browsing through the mailing-list archives and have seen that these processors are both widely used. I would like some feedback from people that have experience in using these processors with Linux and what recommendations they have.We are using the IBM PPC405GP in some of our new designs and are pretty pleased with the hardware itself. The only annoying thing is that the "free available" Linux is still pretty buggy and old (at least 3 months or so) :-( By the way: Dan, how are you doing with the ppc4xx merge into the linuxppc queue? Eventually (hopefully soon) when this problem is solved, I would recommend the PPC405GP. Sorry I can't say anything about the Motorola parts and their Linux support. Stefan Roese
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