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@kenati.com> 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.
> >
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