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Loading firmware files for device driver patches (MPC8360 UCC UART)
Sorry. This question may be a bit of a stretch...and I don't have a lot of details myself. There is a firmware patch to address a bug in the MPC8360 for the UCC UARTs. The CGE5.0 kernel/custom LS...
Multiple processors sharing one RO rootfs
One of my friends has a system design that has 8 CPUs (TI DaVinci) on a single board, all plugged into a chassis with a "host" processor. The host processor is an nfs server, and all 8 slave...
Kernel Device Driver - Physical Addressing
I need to write a few device drivers and I have a question regarding physical memory addressing. Usually, when I write device drivers (not under Linux), I don't have to worry about address modes. ...
kernel make xconfig problem
I'm trying to run the kernel's make xconfig and I'm getting the error "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXi". Googling this message turns up the hint that the linker is looking for a static libr...
Warning: unable to open an initial console
I'm trying to mount a root NFS file system. My target is a MPC8360E-RDK and the host is a Windows XP machine. The mount is acturally successful, but I get warning message saying that an initial cons...
Differntial Services Field
Does Monta Vista Pro support Differentiated Services to set the DS field in the IP header with a DSCP? Mike
Sharing memory between linux module in kernel space
Hi all, I currently develop linux modules and I would like to shared a memory segment between them. I believe that shm like in user space doesn't exist. What is the best way to do that ? Gui...
Flat Device Tree information
Hi, I want to edit the standard device tree file for the MPC8360E-RDK (mpc836x_rdk.dts). Can someone tell me where I can find the most informative information on defining device trees please? My...
How to create and mount a NFS root file system
Please excuse my ignorant questions. I'm very new to Linux in general and Embedded Linux in particular. File systems (their manipulation) are new to me as well. I have a LSP for a MPC8360E-RDK. I...
