Thanks for the info. Nice to know that it can work. Steven Blakeslee wrote:
>I ported it to the Embedded Planet ep8260 board with FCC3, ep8248 board >with FCC1 and FCC2 and ep8280 with FCC2 and FCC3. I had to make very >little, if anything, to get it to work. I did not try 2.6.9. I am >currently using 2.6.10-rc3 which I believe after the last merge is now >2.6.10. I did practically nothing to get all of these to work. > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Saso Kavcic [mailto:saso at activetools.si] >>Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:27 AM >>To: Steven Blakeslee >>Cc: linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org >>Subject: Re: Some issues with kernel 2.6 for MPC8260 target >> >>Hi Steven, >> >>Have you noticed any improvements in 2.6.10. over 2.6.9? We >>were porting >>2.6.9 to a custom mpc8275vr >>board and we were able to get everything working except >>ethernet (fcc enet). We did manage to get a few packets over >>it but it was all very slow, unstable and unpredictable and >>it seemed that fcc enet driver doesn't work well in 2.6. Were >>you able to use fcc under 2.6.9? >> >>Best Regards, Saso >> >>Steven Blakeslee wrote: >> >> >> >>>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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Linuxppc-embedded mailing list >>>Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org >>>https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>
