On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 3:03 PM, David Baird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Ricardo Ayres Severo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a simple doubt, but I find no answer. What is the difference > > between the powerpc tree to the ppc tree in the kernel source? > > Which one should I use with a virtex II pro board? > > ppc (32-bit versions) and ppc64 are deprecated trees scheduled to be > removed from the Linux kernel. > > powerpc is the new preferred tree and is trying to consolidate ppc and > ppc64. For Xilinx ppc405 though, I think the ppc tree is still > recommended, but that will probably be changing soon (this summer)?
arch/powerpc is getting close to usable on the virtex, but there are still some missing bits. It won't be ready for prime time until 2.6.26. Cheers, g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list [email protected] https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
