all,
I've made good progress in porting Linux to a new ARM
system. Basically I've got the RAMdisk loading and the system
starting to boot from it. I can see ('cos I hacked the kernel) the
init process come up and load both init and the libc that it's linked
against. Unfortunately it goes horribly wrong from there. I'm using
the rpc-root stuff - the latest that I can find which contains a.out
object format images. What I last tried to do was to have init start
a shell executing shell commands - the really old basic way of booting
a system. This access violates someplace - pretty hard to tell where.
OK, enough of this, a request. Does anyone have either a statically
linked sh or a combination of sh and libc that is known good? I'm
presuming that the root-rpc stuff is good, but I'm beginning to wonder.
Oh, yes I can build some cross tools, but my goal is to get a basic
RAMdisk kernel up and running, then to move to a different processor
(this system has multiple header cards, up to 4). I'd rather not
faff around with tools if I can help it.
Enough rambling, all help gratefully received...
Dave
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ARM Limited
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Moorbridge Road,
Maidenhead, SL6 8LT
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