Re: [uClinux-dev] Installation instructions for uClinux-2.4.19-uc0 on M5272C3

From: David McCullough (davidm@snapgear.com)
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002 - 09:04:02 EDT


Jivin Bernhard Kuhn lays it down ...
> 
> Hi Everybody!
> 
> I have played arround with uClinux-2.4.19-uc0 on the M5272C3 and needed
> to do some modifications in order to get it working. Maybe somebody
> with CVS write access can check in the mtd+ppcboot patch and check
> the validity of the other patch?
> 
> 
> 
> Installation instructions for uClinux-2.4.19-uc0 on M5272C3
> ===========================================================
> 
> First, you need to download the following file:
> 
>   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.19.tar.bz2
>  
> http://www.uclinux.org/pub/uClinux/uClinux-2.4.x/uClinux-2.4.19-uc0.diff.gz
>  
> http://www.uclinux.org/~bkuhn/Platforms/Coldfire/tarifa/20020903/patch-linux-2.4.19-uc0-m5272c3


The changes for this one are already fixed in the CVS version.  I'll
generate a uc1 release so that people who cannot access anon CVS can get
it. If you would like to track these changes subscribe to the uclinux-cvs
mailing list.  Same instructions as for the uclinux-dev mailing list I
believe.


> http://www.uclinux.org/~bkuhn/Platforms/Coldfire/tarifa/20020903/patch-linux-2.4.19-uc0-m5272c3-mtd+ppcboot


This one changes the MAJOR device for the blkmem driver.  I don't think to
many people would like that ;-)

If you are only using blkmem for the RAM based filesystem access you
can remove the need for it completely without too much trouble.    It's
much cleaner to have MTD without blkmem :-)

Have a look at the nettel-uc.c map driver for MTD.  It provides the RAM
based partition for the in memory filesystem and also the partitions needed
read and write flash using MTD.  Just include the driver for RAM devices I
think.  Ignore the erase config stuff in there ;-)

Does that sound possible ?  Otherwise it looks fine to go in :-)

Cheers,
Davidm

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