Hi, Thanks for your reply. I ve got a DB1500 board which is supported, so right now I m trying to build the kernel for the same. However, my next task is to map the VIA southbridge and I m not very sure of what this means exactly. I do not have the datasheet for the Southbridge. Please point me in a direction where I can start. Should I be looking for hardware addresses in the datasheet or for the type of interrupts generated by different hardware?? Thanks and Regards, Ashlesha. On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 11:11 +0530, Mayuresh Chitale wrote: > Hi, > > Please see inline. > > Thanks, > Mayuresh. > > On 7/14/06, Ashlesha Shintre <ashlesha@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I m working with an AU-1500 MIPS processor on the EncoreM3 board and my > > task is to write board support packages for the same. I am very much a > > newbie to linux and embedded systems. > > > You may look at these links : > > http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Porting > http://linux.junsun.net/porting-howto/ > > > > I m not entirely sure of the sequence in which i should start doing > > things, but here is a rough roadmap: > > > > 1) To create a config file appropriate to the board using menuconfig > > 2) Map the VIA southbridge > > 3) Adding IRQ Mappings > > 4) Integration and Debugging > > > > First I decided to 'do' the configuration file, but I still havent got a > > birdseye picture of how I should proceed. Any pointers? > Look at how its implemented for existing boards. > > > > Also, when does the config file come into play during the bootup > Its not for runtime. Its needed only while building the kernel. Let me > put it this way. Its a nicer way of configuring the kernel. You could > change only the make files and be able to build. But menuconfig adds > lot of flexibility and ease of use. > > > > process, and where will I find the addresses of different devices say on > > the PCI bus (memory adds) that will need to be mapped at boottime? > Refer to the links mentioned above. > > > > Thanks, > > Ashlesha. > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mips" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >
