On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:46:49PM -0500, Stephen Horton wrote: > Hello folks, > > In a current work project, I have inherited a compactPCI board that has > an mpc7447/7448 powerpc processor as well as a Marvell system > controller, model mv64462 (stripped down mv64460). The board has a > somewhat working Gentoo Linux port running on it from long ago and a > company far far away (kernel version 2.6.9 built using arch/ppc). To > prepare for an upcoming deployment, I would like to bring the OS > up-to-date on this board with a newer kernel (targeting Gentoo 2008), > but I am unsure of the approach to take. I am a software developer, but > normally do not work on kernel porting / board integration. I have > researched the arch/ppc to arch/powerpc migration, but I'm a bit > intimidated by the 'new' device tree symantics and other changes to the > stream. Here are some questions: > > 1. Is it possible with the 2.6.24 (Gentoo 2008) kernel to still use > arch/ppc for this platform architecture? I've tried to get this to > compile, but am having trouble with files from arch/powerpc getting > pulled in; then I read some comments (from I believe this forum) that > indicated that arch/ppc is not longer supposed to compile
arch/ppc is gone now. You should spend you effort working in arch/powerpc. > 2. Does anyone have example code for this platform architecture? > Any freebees I could use for creating my device tree? You can use prpmc2800 as an example. > 3. Any advice of any kind? Its not as bad as it looks. Just dig into it and don't give up. Mark _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
