Vijay Kumar Avadhanula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am handling a work where linux is to be ported onto > a custom made processor. Before taking up the work we > also have to design the motherboard with minimum > peripheral support. > I need some help from anyone who must have had some > experience in this area, like what are the things > important in designing/ considering the mother board, > and what are the issues related to bios and then in > turn Linux. We would like to have some PCI based > contollers on the board. I will be thankful for some > pointers. > With best
A big question piece of information you are giving is what processor architecture your custom made processor supports. Usually a processor architecture implies a set of standard devices that should be supported (like interrupt controllers). Today most motherboards contain just a handful of chips, a chipset that support memory and all of the standard perpherials. Instead of a having one chip for each individual device. So what architecture, and what kind of users are you targeting? We need that information before we can give any kind of good advice. The idea of a custom processor today I find questionable. My basic observation has been that the number of processors seems to consolidating on just a couple of designs so their builders can get good economies of scale. Eric
