Hello,
I am using an AMCC PPC405EP based system and find that the following works... Development / build machine --> Fedora core 6 or 7 on x86 PC Cross compile and target rootfs generation --> Buildroot Linux kernel (at least to start with) --> 2.6.19.2 from DENX ELDK 4.1 Of course, you can use the cross compile environment from ELDK if you like. I used it at first (had a very good out-of-box experience on AMCC Taihu with it) and then switched to Buildroot later. http://www.denx.de <http://www.denx.de/> for ELDK / kernel http://buildroot.uclibc.org <http://buildroot.uclibc.org/> for Buildroot I am presently using the Linux 2.6.19.2 kernel with I-Pipe real time extension (2.3.0) from the Xenomai project - as bundled in ELDK 4.1 by DENX. I have also experimented with some newer stuff, but this involves diving into the board support migration from arch/ppc to arch/powerpc which is still pretty bleeding edge. 2.6.19.2 is pretty safe and not too old - and is probably the newest available with RT option while still being in the arch/ppc tree. Don't attempt to have buildroot automatically build the kernel for you as part of its config - that may cause you grief as their integration for PowerPC kernels appears hit-and-miss for 40x series due to all the arch/ppc versus arch/powerpc stuff. Also, the buildroot automatic kernel generation doesn't include RT support (in case you need it). Regards, Darcy ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Hochstetler Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ML403 Linux port questions I'm setting up a new development environment to get a working port of Linux on the Xilinx Virtex-4 chip (I have a Xilinx ML403 board). I'm looking for the quickest way to get a working development environment for the 2.6 kernel without paying thousands of $$ --snip!-- I guess what I am looking for is advise on the lowest risk, easiest to set up environment to setup that will just work. Also advise on which kernel to use. --snip!-
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