RE: Basic Question

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
[mailto:owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org]On Behalf Of
claudio.lazzarotto@copel.com
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:38 AM
To: Linuxppc-Embedded; Dan Malek; Wolfgang Denk; Joakim Tjernlund;
sanjeevr@myw.ltindia.com
Subject: Basic Question



Hello people!

I'm beginning to use Linux on embedded PowerPC and ...
... i want to get Linux installed on a powerPC board MPC850
based system  equipped with the follow PPCBoot bootloader:

PPCBoot 2.0.0 (Jul 21 2003 - 11:22:03)

CPU:   XPC850xxZTB at 48 MHz: 2 kB I-Cache 1 kB D-Cache
DRAM:  32 MB
FLASH:  8 MB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   SCC ETHERNET

Where can I get a linux version and how can I have it
ported to this board?

Thanks

Claudio A. Lazzarotto

Basic answers: U-Boot is the successor to PPCBoot.  Both are hosted on SourceForge.  You should switch to U-Boot, PPCBoot became U-Boot and is no longer actively maintained.
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot/

Wolfgang Denk has very good linux support that will help _you_ to port linux to your board.  See his Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK).
  http://www.denx.de/
  http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual
If you don't feel up to the job, there are several companies and probably more than a few freelance engineers willing to do it for a fee.  In terms of companies, Denx and MontaVista are the ones most visible in the U-Boot arena.

gvb


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