Porting VxWorks to Apple Mac PowerPC G4
From: sakthivel kariappan <hidden>
Date: 2003-10-24 17:15:04
Hi All, I'm trying to understand the complexities involved in porting vxworks to PowerPc G4. I already have the port for MPC740 based board. I'm sure some of you might have done the linux porting. That's why posting to this mail-group. The question is related to open firmware, CHRP and run time drivers. As per my understanding, it requires understanding the device tree to obtain CPU, PCI bus and peripherals and how it is connected. As a side note, PowerPC G4 Xserve cluster node uses two custom made ICs (U2-bridge and memory controller and KeyLargo IO controller and disk) Now, how do I know about clock (and timers), interrupt structure and registers etc to configure the devices. Also, OF says, it should provide basic run time drivers. Now, How do I invoke the drivers that comes with boot ROM? and performing VxWorks intialization. Or should I have to write drivers? I don't see any documentation at apple developers site and in the internet that helps much. Any documentation available will be helpful (I read through apple technocal notes 1167, 2000, 1061, 1062, 2001, 2004, 2023 and 1167). But, I don't seem to find enough information. Appreciate any information. Thanks, Sak ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/