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@pmc-sierra.com> 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@linux-mips.org
> [mailto:linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org]On Behalf
> Of Fredrik
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:56 PM
> To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
> 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
>
>
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