In reference to a recently kicked off project using 440GP and embedded linux
...
After investigations and suggestions, I've decided to move forward with ELDK
(2.0.2). My short-term goal in life is to get embedded linux running on the
EBONY platform to kick-start our 440GP based project.
In my early investigations of tool-chains I soon found out that 440GP
support is currently provided in linuxppc_2_4_devel and not linux_2_4, so I
need this kernel for ebony support. Furthermore, as I've decided to use
ELDK, I've downloaded and installed the ppc_4xx and ppc_8xx parts of the
ELDK package. I also installed ppc_8xx since it's the version used in the
ELDK manual and I figured it would be good to have as a cross-reference.
I have tried the following permutations and combinations of kernel build
efforts (using the ELDK package, of course) with the following results:
(cfg/kern) || e-old | e-new | 2_4 | 2_4_d |
============================================|
(TQM823L) || Y | Y | N | N |
ppc_8xx- || | | | |
-----------||------|--------|-------|-------|
(EBONY) || N | N | N | N |
ppc_4xx- || | | | |
--------------------------------------------
Legend:
=======
cfg/kern -->Rows are make xxx_config options and columns are kernels
e-old --> linux-2.4.4-2002-03-31.tar.bz2 (as per ELDK Doc Guide)
e-new --> linux-2.4.4-2002-10-06.tar.bz2 (latest vers @ ftp.denx.de)
2_4 --> linuxppc_2_4 bk'ed from monte vista mirror.
2_4_d --> linuxppc_2_4_devel bk'ed from monte vista mirror.
(1) Using ELDK, should a linuxppc_2_4(devel) kernel build out of the box for
the TQM823L configuration.
(2) What's the best method to successfully build a kernel for the ebony
board using the ELDK tools:
- Port ebony support into e-new?
- Try and work out build issues with 2_4_d configured for 'ebony'.
Wanted to solicit some feedback before I go into tangent land.
Thanks
-- Brian
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