[Avila] gw2348-4/ixp425 and a vanilla kernel

[Chris Lang]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Acker" <dacker at roinet.com>
To: "Avila" <avila at lists.unixstudios.net>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Avila] gw2348-4/ixp425 and a vanilla kernel
Subject: [Avila] Yes, the .06 BSP/DevKit contains a patched 2.6.15 kernel.

> Chris Lang wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> No, the CF Driver is not a part of the vanilla kernel, nor is the driver 
>> for the sensors on the board (Temp, volt). There may be other patches 
>> that I can't remember off of the top of my head. Also, the latest BSP 
>> does not actually contain the 2.6 kernel provided from uCLinux nor the 
>> Snapgear kernel. It is a vanilla kernel that has been patched with all of 
>> the necessary patches to support the Avila platform (I know because I did 
>> about 75% of the work for the latest BSP). So, if you took the vanilla 
>> 2.6.15 kernel and did a diff with the one provided in the BSP, the 
>> result's would be all of the necessary patches to apply to any future 2.6 
>> kernel's. If you would like to advance to the newest kernel, I would 
>> suggest doing this.
>>
>> FYI, you can drop a vanilla kernel tree into the snapgear tree and 
>> succesfully build it, no need to reproduce your own userspace 
>> environment.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris Lang
>>
>
> Just to clarify, are you saying that version .06 of the gateworks avila 
> devkit has a patched kernel that is based on a vanilla 2.6.15 kernel? If 
> that is true, that would be great.  If it isn't, where can I get the BSP 
> you are speaking about?
> -Ack
>
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