I have finally got my walnut card from IBM and compiled linux for it. I used the version from Frank (mvista) on area51 dated 01_03_03 but changed the configuration to remove kgdb and enable float emulation.
Things looks quite good I now have a debian potato for ppc running on the card but there is a few problems. 1. It kills the Ethernet port on a cisco catalyst 5505 switch/router. This is something I never seen before but when I use a port that is 10Mb linux sends out something that the switch dose not like and it simply disable the port. I put a 3com 10Mb hub between but the same problem so it's not electric. I was however unsuccessful in getting any useful information from the network people on what rule was violated. It dose not happen on a 100Mb port. I guess that it is some clock or timing that is wrong in the Ethernet driver. 2. it's not possible to run gdb 3. dpkg segfaults It's quite easy to get into a state where dpkg segfaults. A reboot fixes the problem. To get into the mess again all you have to do is start emacs. On the bright side alot of stuff works. I did the kernel compile test and that worked. If anybody want's to run debian I could write a small howto but I'am not going to do that if nobody ask's for it. -- Kenneth Johansson Ericsson Business Innovation AB Tel: +46 8 404 71 83 Vider?gatan 3 Fax: +46 8 404 72 72 164 80 Stockholm kenneth.johansson at inn.ericsson.se ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
