Which 2.6 kernel for MPC5200

[Jon Smirl]

On 9/12/07, Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:
> On 9/12/07, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/12/07, Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel at pengutronix.de> wrote:
> > > We have the OSELAS.BSP patch stack for the PCM030 working ontop of
> > > Linus' git. It still uses an older version of the Bestcom patches, so if
> > > you do some work in that area, please keep me informed about your
> > > progress.
> >
> > What is the best way to proceed? I need to be on current git since we
> > are integrating a wireless driver that is tracking current git and the
> > mac80211 work.
> >
> > I have Phytec (pcm030) and Efika hardware but I don't have a 5200lite.
> > Our prototype hardware uses the pcm030 module on a custom baseboard.
> >
> > The best thing for me would be to get a FEC driver merged. That is the
> > largest piece of code  that is floating around. Getting that merged
> > would give me a stable base to build future patches on.
> >
> > I'd also like to get support for the pcm030 (minus real-time) merged.
> > That isn't a lot of code once FEC is in the kernel.
> >
> > Domen has posted this driver "[RFC PATCH v0.1] net driver: mpc52xx
> > fec". I can work on breaking that up, but I don't have a 5200lite so I
> > will have to port to pcm030. I don't want to start on this if someone
> > else is already doing it.
>
> Sylvain's bestcomm patches need be cleaned up and resubmitted before
> the next merge window opens.  AFAIK, the code is pretty much ready,
> and all the comments have been addressed.  All that is required is the
> final push to tidy the patchset and post to the list one more time.
> Sylvain said that he was going to get this done last weekend, but I
> haven't heard back from him yet.

I just noticed mail from Paul Mackerras
"Patches added to powerpc.git for-2.6.24 branch"

The MPC5200 ones aren't in the list.


> Sylvain, if you need help, please let me know.  I'll happily take on
> the last bit of tidy work if that's what is needed to be finished
> before the merge window.  (And it needs to be ready *before*, not
> during if I'm judging the prevailing winds correctly).
>
> Cheers,
> g.
> >
> > --
> > Jon Smirl
> > jonsmirl at gmail.com
> >
>
>
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