Brad, Just to let you know, Ocelot III is also fully supported in 2.6. MontaVista has a 2.6 port this board as well. Thanks Manish Lachwani --- Brad Larson <Brad_Larson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fredrik, > > MontaVista completed a 2.4 port to Ocelot-III with > RM7900 (or RM7000C) and Discovery-3 (MV64440). > Ocelot-III is ATX form factor while previous Ocelot, > Ocelot-C and Ocelot-G were CPCI. This is probably > close to the board you are describing. Any board > dependent changes should have been committed to > linux-mips.org by now. > > --Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-mips-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-mips-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > Of Fredrik > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:56 PM > To: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: kernel for custom MV64341 board? > > > Howdy, > > I'm getting a custom board going: it sports an > RM7000 and Marvell > MV64341 system controller (alas, no external UART!). > I've hacked > U-Boot to the point where I can TFTP a kernel image > and (start to) > boot it. > > So far I've been using an old 2.4 kernel I used for > some Ocelot-G > work, just to get past the TFTP-load stage. MY > QUESTION IS: What would > be the best kernel version for me to now start > customizing for my > board? Is 2.6 too bleeding-edge, 2.4 too moldy, or > what? Dealing > with the MV64341 will be most of the effort, of > course. > > The Ocelot boards seem well supported, but there > looks to be a lot of > code that would have to change (different system > controller, different > memory map--though I'm flexible--a lot of > assumptions about the > goodies available on-board, etc.). This is the > first time I'll be > porting the kernel, so it might be more productive > for me to start > from a minimalist configuration and add-in what I > need. Enough code > to set up the memory configuration would be a big > help. > > Suggestions? > > /Fredrik > > +----------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Fredrik Noon, Senior Software > Engineer | > | Hifn, Inc. www.hifn.com > | > | fnoon@xxxxxxxx +1 408 399 3630 > | > |-------------------+--------------------------------------------| > | pgp key: <http://noon.org/keys/pgpkey.txt> > 7840AC55 | > +----------------------------------------------------------------+ > > >
