[ELDK] linux-2.6.24 on mpc8xx

[Vishwanath Patil]

thanks for that quick rebound.... will take the new kernel version...
is the dtc version okay?

regards
vish

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de> wrote:
> Vishwanath Patil wrote:
>> Hello there,
>>
> Hi Vishwanath,
>
>> I am Vishwanath Patil working on a custom board that runs linux-2.4.25 fine
>> I am trying to port linux-2.6.24 available with the ELDK version 4.2
>
> Don do it. Use a recent Kernel version instead. The linux-2.6.24 is only
> a current snapshot at the moment ELDK was released. Take the kernel from
> our git tree:
>        git clone git://git.denx.de/linux-2.6-denx
>
>> and it stops forever
>> suggest me what i should be doing
>
> Before you becomes crazy with this old stuff, you have to try directly
> with the Kernel on TOT. The kernel 2.6.24 was in a stadium where the ppc
> branch was not yet abandoned and the powerpc still in development. You
> cannot now "choose" which branch: only the powerpc with fdt is part of
> the kernel now.
>
> Best regards,
> Stefano Babic
>
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