Thank you for your input. I guess I need to be more specific about my needs. I am looking to cross-compile for my 8xx and 82xx based boards using ELDK on PowerPC host machines.
--- Clemens Koller <clemens.koller at anagramm.de> wrote: > Hello, Annamaya > > I am using a PPC Linux host here, too. > > > Thanks for the reply Wolfgang. Can you give me a > hint > > on the kind of work that is required to make this > work > > for the PPC host? > > Maybe you can save a lot of work using a mainstream > Linux > distribution for PPC and install the gcc/gdb > development as > you need it?! > If you need the ELDK root tree for booting from nfs > just copy the ppc_zyxx- folder over from the ELDK. > > Just today, I needed to move to ppc without the ELDK > as we > ran out of fast ix86 machines for compiling. I had > to go > 'back' to my PowerMac G4 which was my 'functional > prototype' > for Linux driver development. > Right now (today) I didn't miss anything from the > ELDK. > > I use the 'CRUX PPC' distribution on that > ppc-machine which > is really nice to use (no bells, no whistles). > If you want a fully fledged KDE/Gnome X, maybe you > check out > the 'CRUX PPC Evolution' port. > The most painful part was to have the Mac Bootloader > installed > to keep have 1x Linux, 2x MacOSX and 1x MacOS9 > bootable on > that machine. :-) Maybe I should use U-Boot next > time ;-) > > Best greets, > > Clemens Koller > _______________________________ > R&D Imaging Devices > Anagramm GmbH > Rupert-Mayer-Str. 45/1 > 81379 Muenchen > Germany > > http://www.anagramm.de > Phone: +49-89-741518-50 > Fax: +49-89-741518-19 > > > > > --- Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote: > > > > > >>In message > >><20050114155131.22836.qmail at web53809.mail.yahoo.com> > >>you wrote: > >> > >>>I noticed that ELDK from denx does not support > >> > >>running > >> > >>>on a PowerPC host machine like the Power G4 or > G5. > >>>When I tried rebuilding it on a Power G4 with > >>>YellowDog installed on it, it complained that the > >>>PowerPC host machine is not supported. Why is > this > >> > >>Correct. PPC host are not supported yet. Also > please > >> not that only > >>RedHat-7.3 will work as a build host without > >>additional tweaking. > >> > >> > >>>host architecture not supported? I also found out > >> > >>that > >> > >>Little demand? We have seen less than 5 requests > for > >>this so far. > >> > >> > >>>MontaVista does not support the PowerPC host > >>>architecture anymore which they did a while ago. > >> > >>What > >> > >>>seems to be the real reason for not supporting > >> > >>this? > >> > >>Probably the same reason: little demand. > >> > >> > >>Well: the ELDK is free software - if you fix > the > >> existing build > >>problems and send me a patch I promise to > check > >>it in on the CVS > >>server (as long as it doesn't break anything). But > >>don't expect this > >>to be an easy job. > >> > >>Best regards, > >> > >>Wolfgang Denk > >> > >>-- > >>Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime > >>Systems, Embedded Linux > >>Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: > (+49)-8142-66989-80 > >>Email: wd at denx.de > >>If only God would give me some clear sign! Like > >>making a large depo- > >>sit in my name at a Swiss Bank. > > >> - Woody Allen > >> > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
