Hi folks,
I'm Harm Verhagen (25),
I work for an IT-consultancy company (CMG).
We have an algorithmics board p4032 and an IDT 79s465 board.
For now we use pSOS on those targets pSOS 2.5 with prism 2.0
environment.
In _my_ spare time I want to start experimenting with linux on mips ( as
i'm on my PC ).
This means testing and maybe developing.
I have no linux kernel hacking experience.
I have a few questions:
Is there still active linux development for mips ?
Is there work being done for the algorithmics p4032 board ? (4640)
and/or the IDT 79s465.
What is the status of the linux/mips software (for those boards).
Do you use remote debugging ?
Is there documentation about porting linux/mips to other boards ?
We have the following configuration
PC connected to target with both serial and network connection. ( no
disk target, keyboard, monitor connected to target )
---------- rs232 ------------
PC --------- TCP/IP ----------- idt/79s465 or algo-p4032
we can program the flashes.
with this configuration is it possible to download the linux kernel to
the target over the network ? and start debugging (serial)?
are the kernel and applications separatly loaded to the target or as one
image ?
Is the mips kernel for mips buildable as elf and/or hex format ?
Have you used the real-time linux kernel on mips ? (KURT: The KU Real
Time Linux Project)
If so, what are your experiences ?
That was the (huge) list of questions.
I hope you'll find time to answer them :)
I really could use some help starting the stuff here.
kind regards,
Harm Verhagen
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