As far as I can tell, all that's necessary to add support for the 8280 processor is to include it in the cpu_specs table. I'm running on an 8280 board with the attached patch, which I would like to see included in the kernel source.
--Guy -------------- next part -------------- --- v2.4.22_linuxppc_2_4_devel/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c 2003-07-25 14:39:48.000000000 +0000 +++ sbcPowerQUICCII/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c 2003-10-14 18:51:45.000000000 +0000 @@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ struct cpu_spec cpu_specs[] = { 32, 32, __setup_cpu_603 }, + { /* 8280 is a G2_LE (603e core, plus some) */ + 0x7fff0000, 0x00820000, "8280", + CPU_FTR_SPLIT_ID_CACHE | CPU_FTR_CAN_DOZE | CPU_FTR_USE_TB | + CPU_FTR_CAN_NAP | CPU_FTR_HAS_HIGH_BATS, + COMMON_PPC, + 32, 32, + __setup_cpu_603 + }, { /* default match, we assume split I/D cache & TB (non-601)... */ 0x00000000, 0x00000000, "(generic PPC)", CPU_FTR_SPLIT_ID_CACHE | CPU_FTR_USE_TB | CPU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE,