RE: starting with Linux on EST SBC8260 (getting a little OT)

Langus Matevz RDHW_EXT wrote:

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I would like to ask you, how much effort would it be

required to get Linux

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running on EST SBC8260. Since this is a very widely used

board, probably a

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lot of peope have already ported Linux on it.

I ported it a long time ago.  It's part of the kernel sources.  Don't
try to use the EST tools, though.  I don't know if they have
a boot rom
for that board yet, but I suspect you can flash PPCBoot with
the EST tools
and then throw them away.

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Is there a step-by-step guide what should be

compiled/installed/done to get

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it running?

I don't know if the MontaVista Journeyman kits are around
anymore, but it
was supported and documented in there.

You could also search the PPCboot (and these) archives for
information.

The board was more popular a couple of years ago when it was
one of the
first ones around.  Lots of other, easier to use boards are
available now,
for less money.  My EST boards became non-functional long
ago, and they are
on the scrap heap.

What boards are people using these days then?  I'm in need of a
new PPC board with 2 or more ethernet interfaces.  Unfortunately,
I need a board that has VxWorks and OSE BSPs as well.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Many thanks,
Mark

Good luck.


	-- Dan

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Clayton, Mark wrote:

What boards are people using these days then?

The TQ modules, Embedded Planet, SBS, and Force all have stuff on
the shelf you can just grab and go.  If you still insist on building
your own from a reference design, get something from Cogent Computer
or even the Motorola Sandpoint.  The Motorola FADS and EST boards are
tied at the bottom of my list of least useful, especially if you are
doing software development.


	-- Dan


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