Messages in this thread | | | From | "" <> | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:24:13 +0100 | Subject | Re: PPC 440 System |
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I don't understand. Can I not just use the math emulation in the kernel ?
Cheers
Simon.
On 14 Jul 2003 at 9:16, Roland Dreier wrote:
> simon> If I remove /sbin/init from the nfs root the kernel panics > simon> as expected, so I assume root is mounted ok. I have tried > simon> to build a minimum root filesystem which contains > simon> /dev/console, /dev/ttyS0 and a statically linked > simon> /sbin/init. The init just does a printf but I do not see > simon> this message. Does anyone know it this should work ? > > Yes, a static /sbin/init should work. > > simon> Initially I tried to build a root filesystem from files on > simon> a Mac Clone running Yellow Dog Linux. I believe this has a > simon> PPC 604e processor. Should this systems binaries/libraries > simon> run on the 440GP ? > > simon> Can I expect a statically linked executable, made on the > simon> Mac, to run on the 440GP? > > Probably not. The 440GP has no floating point hardware, so you will > need (at least) to build a special glibc without FP instructions and > also make sure your gcc is set up not to generate FP instructions. > > Your best bet is probably to download ELDK (a free Embedded Linux > Development Kit) from www.denx.de. Dan Kegel also has some good PPC > 4xx cross development information at www.kegel.com. > > Best, > Roland > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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