Common kernel image for e300 and e500v2
Scott Wood
scottwood at freescale.com
Sat Jan 24 03:21:08 EST 2009
Johns Daniel wrote:
> Is it possible -- and prudent -- to use a single kernel binary image
> for two similar boards, one based on an e300 core and the other on an
> e500v2 core?
No, it is not possible. They use different MMUs, and the kernel does
not support choosing between them at runtime.
> I was surprised to see that the e500v2-targeted toolchain did build
> the kernel for the e300 board just fine. Don't know whether this will
> always be true?
"always" is a strong word, but it should generally work.
-Scott
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