Re: [jornada] We all need to move to 2.6

From: Colin Sauze <cjs0_at_aber.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:31:49 +0100

There was some reason we all needed to use gcc 2.9.5 before, can't
remember if it was flashboard related or not.

It would be kind of nice to setup the flashboard as a config option, so
you can select if you have one or not in make (menu/x)config.

alexgrosy_at_t-online.de wrote:

>Hi,
>
>no you don't need that old gcc, I use 3.4.1 for compiling my 2.6 kernels.
>
>if there are some bits in the code that don't work with the flashboard (i.e.
>the flashboard code ;) just #if 0 them out and it should be OK.
>Not much of the code needs to be changed. Just maybe also some of the PM code
>as PM does definitely not work without a board.
>
>kind regards,
>Alex
>
>On Thursday 14 April 2005 03:42, you wrote:
>
>
>>Alex,
>>What version of gcc are you using?
>>Do I need that f* old 2.95.2?
>>
>>I'll start looking at 2.6, 4fun :-)
>>
>>I wanna do something useful, should I '#ifdef' things for jornada without
>>flashboard?
>>because there are some hacks that has now sense in jornadas with
>>flashboard...
>>
>>danke,
>>rafael diniz
>>
>>Em Qua 13 Abr 2005 20:02, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>start looking in the entry code of the kernel.
>>>I don't know what the big difference between haret and linexec is as I
>>>have never used any of them.
>>>
>>>kind regards,
>>>Alex
>>>
>>>On Wednesday 13 April 2005 18:24, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Alex,
>>>>I know C, but i'm newbie in kernel hacking.
>>>>Where should we start looking at?
>>>>
>>>>What are the differences between haret and linexec? (I never used
>>>>haret)
>>>>
>>>>bye,
>>>>rafael diniz
>>>>
>>>>Em Qua 13 Abr 2005 19:14, alexgrosy_at_t-online.de escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>getting 2.6 to boot with haret shouldn't be a big task. If someone
>>>>>without a flashboard is able to code a little then it is very easy to
>>>>>correct the kernel boot parameters to get them working with haret.
>>>>>Probably just the memory layouts are wrong so it fails somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>>regards,
>>>>>Alex
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 14 2005 - 11:35:31 EDT

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