[uClinux-dev] any hardcode Altera Nios II geeks on this list?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Michael Schnell wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   given that there are other forums to discuss the nios2 soft-core
> > processor, is this still an appropriate place to ask about
> > building a kernel for the nios2 using uclinux?  thanks

> I did not yet start working fulltime on this, but I supposedly will
> do so soon.
>
> I suppose I'll start with a kit from Microtronix and look where to
> go on the long run.

i've yet to get my hands on a board yet either, but after doing a test
build using the available online tarballs and patches, i decided to
strip things down to the bare essentials, so i combined the
nios2-specific patch, plus just the nios2-related content from the big
patch for the 2.6.23 kernel, and what i appear to have now is a set of
patches that:

1) is minimal and absolutely nios2-specific, and
2) applies cleanly against the latest git version of the kernel

i'm still tweaking a few, final things but if anyone out there has a
dev kit and can test this, i can ship them the patch tarball and they
can apply it against the latest kernel git tree and see if they can
build a minimal kernel for nios2.  (i figured that, if i'm going to be
starting a new project, i'd just as soon work with the latest git
tree, anyway.)

so if anyone wants to run a sanity test on this patchset, drop me a
note.

rday
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