Hi, Mark! On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 04:14:32PM -0700, you wrote the following:
> > I've seen that Hard Hat Linux supports the Sandpoint board with > > MPC8240 and MPC755. We have a 7400 processor there though. Does anyone > > have any experience with this configuration? Can Linux run on it? > > > > Also, is there anything special I should know about booting Linux from > > dink32? Here's what I did, and how it failed. I got the latest kernel > > snapshot from fsmlabs (I tried the same with both the latest 2.2 and > > 2.3 trees). > > If you want to use Hard Hat Linux on the Sandpoint, you need to get it from > Monta Vista's CDK 1.2. The LSP (Linux Support Package) you're looking for is > sp8240 (for Sanpoint 8240--also works with a 755/107 combo). You can find it > online at ftp://ftp.mvista.com/pub/CDK/1.2/cd/PowerPC/ppc_82xx/RPMS/ I downloaded the kernel and tried it. It starts booting, but it hangs right after initializing the the OpenPIC. :-( I'll download the source code tonight and try to look at it, although I don't have much hopes -- I've never done kernel hacking at that level. At some point you gotta learn though. Is there any book that you recommend to get me started? Any other docs/tips? > I haven't tested with a 7400 but it should be fairly close if it doesn't work > right out of the box. That is, work without altivec. I don't know what's > involved to use the altivec support in Linux. In most kernels I've seen (fsmlabs', and I think yours too) there was a CONFIG_ALTIVEC option. What does it do? -- Alex Shnitman | http://www.debian.org alexsh at hectic.net, alexsh at linux.org.il +----------------------- http://alexsh.hectic.net UIN 188956 PGP key on web page E1 F2 7B 6C A0 31 80 28 63 B8 02 BA 65 C7 8B BA /real/ kernel hackers dd if=/dev/urandom of=/vmlinuz and influence the Universal Randomosity Field. -- Gaal Yahas ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
