From: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale•com>
To: "Gérard Guével" <gguevel@interfaceconcept•com>
Cc: <linuxppc-embedded@lists•linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: MPC8560 boot console (CPM SCC) driver problem
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:02:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C9701947-F5F7-11D8-B036-000393DBC2E8@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001201c489f6$926db540$5201a8c0@GEG2400>
On Aug 24, 2004, at 11:22 AM, Gérard Guével wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I download a 2.6.8 Linux kernel to port it to a custom 8560 board
> similar to MPC8560_ADS board..
>
> In the arch/ppc/boot directory there is no 85xx_io directory with
> a CPM uart driver.
>
> The kernel link waits for some serial basic functions like
> serial_getc().
>
> I found the generic ./drivers/serial/cpm_uart driver, but it seems to
> only
> be
> used later when Linux is installed.
>
> Surely I miss something.
> How can I have a console for my boot ?
> Are 8260 cpm2 definitions compatible with 85xx ?
The common boot code in the kernel has not been ported to e500 or 85xx.
Thus the lack of proper serial support for the 8560. I would recommend
using u-boot as the boot loader. U-boot already has support for the
8560 and several boards.
- kumar
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2004-08-24 16:22 MPC8560 boot console (CPM SCC) driver problem Gérard Guével
2004-08-24 18:02 ` Kumar Gala [this message]
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