Kernel choices for 824x with ext3 FS

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Ron,

in message <000101c3980c$2811a3a0$4d00a8c0 at warp-speed> you wrote:
>
> I've been looking at Denx's 2.4.4 port, linuxppc 2.5, linux 2.4.22 and the
> latest 2.6.0-test trees.

You can also use our linuxppc_2_4_devel tree from CVS (version 2.4.20)

> BTW, many thanks to Wolfgang Denk for making available the ELDK and his ( and
> others ) embedded PPC specific work!

You are welcome :-)

> Unfortunately we can't use 2.4.4 as ext3 FS support is not present.
> FYI, we may also have a need to use RTAI.

We use our linuxppc_2_4_devel tree to validate the PowerPC port of RTAI.

> It is desirable to use the most up to date, yet robust for ppc, kernel possible
> and this is somewhat awkward timing vis a vis the status of the 2.6.0 kernel.
> But most pertinent ppc related patches seem to be included in 2.6.0 now along
> with other enhancements, such as reduced latency, that are not present in
> 2.4.22.   So it is a bit of a quandary for me, and perhaps for others as well.

I think our 2.4.20 tree is pretty stable; this is one reason we don't
support more recent versions yet.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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