On 19 August 2013 16:13, Robert Clove <cloverobert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Alexandru Juncu <alexj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 19 August 2013 15:35, Robert Clove <cloverobert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hello All, >> > >> > I am an software Guy have some knowledge about device drivers. >> > I want to understand porting Linux kernel on new PCI board. >> > I have no idea from where to start and how. >> > Please guide me through some good books and tutorials. >> > >> > Please guide. >> >> Hello! >> >> I don't think you want to 'port' Linux on the board. You port the >> kernel on a new CPU processor/architecture. >> I think what you want is to make a device driver for your device (that >> connects via PCI). >> >> What you should do is search for an existing device driver of a >> similar board and take the code for that one and examine it. Then take >> the technical specs of the new board and see the differences between >> that and the old board and implement the differences in a new code >> that will be the new device driver. > > > > Sir, > > Actually what i want to do is suppose the hardware team give you a new board > and now you want to run Linux kernel on it, > What one should do to port Linux on the new board. Can you be more specific on what kind of a board you are referring to? Is it a something like a Pandaboard or a Beagleboard (System-on-a-Chip boards), or a normal graphics/network/sound/board (you said something about PCI so my mind pointed to this kind of boards). _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
