Dear Ron, in message <000101c3980c$2811a3a0$4d00a8c0 at warp-speed> you wrote: > > I've been looking at Denx's 2.4.4 port, linuxppc 2.5, linux 2.4.22 and the > latest 2.6.0-test trees.
You can also use our linuxppc_2_4_devel tree from CVS (version 2.4.20) > BTW, many thanks to Wolfgang Denk for making available the ELDK and his ( and > others ) embedded PPC specific work! You are welcome :-) > Unfortunately we can't use 2.4.4 as ext3 FS support is not present. > FYI, we may also have a need to use RTAI. We use our linuxppc_2_4_devel tree to validate the PowerPC port of RTAI. > It is desirable to use the most up to date, yet robust for ppc, kernel > possible > and this is somewhat awkward timing vis a vis the status of the 2.6.0 kernel. > But most pertinent ppc related patches seem to be included in 2.6.0 now along > with other enhancements, such as reduced latency, that are not present in > 2.4.22. So it is a bit of a quandary for me, and perhaps for others as well. I think our 2.4.20 tree is pretty stable; this is one reason we don't support more recent versions yet. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced. - John Keats ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
