I would suggest going to the latest 2.6.10 kernel. I have it running with several ethernets running on all the 82xx processors.
> -----Original Message----- > From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces at ozlabs.org > [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces at ozlabs.org] On Behalf Of > Vijay Padiyar > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:37 AM > To: LinuxPPC Support > Subject: Some issues with kernel 2.6 for MPC8260 target > > Hi all > > I wish to discuss some strange issues that I faced with > respect to the Linux > 2.6.8 kernel (downloaded from kernel.org). Firstly, I wish to > know whether this has been known to work on an MPC8260 PowerPC target. > > Secondly, when I tried to compile the Linux kernel with my > toolchain (built with Dan Kegel's crosstool for the PowerPC > 603e core, which is what my processor has), I got some errors > which I found to rather queer after investigation. Firstly, > let me state the errors that I got: > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > LD init/built-in.o > LD .tmp_vmlinux1 > arch/ppc/8260_io/built-in.o(.text+0x103c): In function > `mii_queue_relink': > arch/ppc/8260_io/fcc_enet.c:1254: undefined reference to > `schedule_task' > arch/ppc/8260_io/built-in.o(.text+0x1074): In function > `mii_queue_config': > arch/ppc/8260_io/fcc_enet.c:1263: undefined reference to > `schedule_task' > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > On further investigation, I find that 'schedule_task()' is > simply not defined anywhere in the 2.6.8 kernel sources. This > is quite wierd! However, it is defined in a file 'context.c' > (linux-src/kernel) in the 2.4.27 kernel sources, which we > were using earlier. How is it that a function is being called > but its definition has been removed from the sources? > > Another such example is with the structure 'tq_struct'. It is > referred to in the file 'fcc_enet.c' > (linux-src/arch/ppc/8260_io) but it's not defined anywhere! > Again, after checking in the 2.4.27 sources, I find that it's > defined in the file 'tqueue.h' (linux-src/include/linux)! > > A third thing is that the 2.4.27 kernel source file 'uart.c' > (linux-src/arch/ppc/cpm2_io) is not present in the > corresponding folder in the 2.6.8 source > (linux-src/arch/ppc/8260_io). There is one 'uart.c' in the > folder '8xx_io', but it doesn't get compiled during the > kernel build process. Will my UART work correctly with this build? > > Can someone please tell me if there's some explanation for > this that I'm unaware of? Which would be the proper forum to > report this? Again I would like to ask: Has the 2.6.8 kernel > been tested successfully on the MPC8260 PowerPC platform? > > Lastly, where can I get the latest stable Linux kernel source > for the PowerPC platform? > > Regards > > Vijay Padiyar > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >
