In message <Pine.LNX.4.33.0210141315200.24959-100000 at localhost.localdomain> you wrote: > > > > One of our requirements is to be able to run the same binary image across > > > a range of systems. The image can not change just because the processor > > > does. > > > > > > We are currently looking at the 405GPX, 8250, 8245, and PowerQUIC III. > > > > What do you mean with "image"? > > > > Kernel Image? Application image (for example ramdisk with libraries > > and application binaries)? Both combined? > > Both combined. A bzImage and RAM disk loaded off the boot media (Flash).
That makes for an easy answer: no go. 4xx and 82xx are different enough the required efford to just make one kernel image run on all these CPU makes no sense; neither from the technical nor from the economical point of view. And user-land stuff (libraries, applications) is yet another story. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de "More software projects have gone awry for lack of calendar time than for all other causes combined." - Fred Brooks, Jr., _The Mythical Man Month_ ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
