[Linux-ATM-General] mpc8360sar

[Kumar Gala]

On Jul 20, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Alex Zeffertt wrote:

>
>> Any reason we dont try to get your work up stream into the  
>> mainline kernel?
>> - kumar
>
> I'd like to see it upstreamed - the more people who use it the more  
> help I get!
>
> However, mpc8360sar is built on Freescale's BSP which adds basic  
> support for the
> board, the MPC832xE-MDS, to the stock linux kernel.  This support  
> consists of the
> following patches:
>
> Patch0          : patch-2.6.11.bz2
> Patch1          : linux-2.6.11-mpc8349e-general-20060414.patch
> Patch2          : linux-2.6.11-mpc8349e-pci-3.patch
> Patch3          : linux-2.6.11-mpc8349e-pci-agent.patch
> Patch4          : linux-2.6.11-mpc8349e-watchdog.patch
> Patch5          : linux-2.6.11-mpc83xx-sec2.patch
> Patch6          : mpc832x-sec2v15-config-1.patch
> Patch7          : linux-2.6.11-mpc8349e-usb-gadget.patch
> Patch8          : linux-2.6.11-mpc8349e-usb-host.patch
> Patch9          : linux-2.6.11-mpc8360-general-1.patch
> Patch10         : linux-2.6.11-mpc8360-pci-agent.patch
> Patch11         : linux-2.6.11-mpc832x-basic-4.patch
> Patch12         : linux-2.6.11-mpc832x-pci-agent.patch
> Patch13         : linux-2.6.11-mpc832x-spi-1.patch
> Patch14         : linux-2.6.11-mpc832x-BIT.patch
> Patch15         : linux-2.6.11-mpc83xx-ct-1.patch
> Patch16         : linux-2.6.11-mpc832x-usb-gadget.patch
> Patch17         : linux-2.6.11-mpc832x-atm-1.patch
>
> I guess there's no point upstreaming mpc8360sar until freescale have
> upstreamed these patches (and ported them to the current kernel).

True, a large number of these patches are upstream, and if I had  
access to MPC836x or MPC832x HW I'd work on getting the others that  
are reasonable.

> Alex
>
> PS It's probable that mpc8360sar actually only requires a handful of
> the above patches to be applied.

Agreed.

- kumar