Re: [Gc-linux-devel] I'am New

[Michael S. <st...@in...>]

> I have a cube and PSO and BBA so I can run the code on hardware.
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> I can program in C and am familiar with Linux although have never done=20=

> any kernel work.

Cool.

> =A0Got the prealpha image to boot on my GC but not to run in DolWin.

That's obsolete anyway.

> =A0Am currently trying to get the code to compile.
> =A0
> I am guessing the latest code is in CVS. Not used CVS before, but can=20=

> see how it should work, but how do I merge the CVS work into a vanilla=20=

> kernel? If I put the kernel in place=A0and checkout onto it,=20
> it=A0complains. Do I just have to checkout and copy the CVS tree into=20=

> the kernel tree?

Yes, it should be enough to copy the CVS data over vanilla 2.6.1. Some=20=

people have been talking about the "linuxppc" kernel, but the CVS uses=20=

the standard kernel.

> =A0Any specific kernel config I need to do?

The .config is located in arch/ppc/configs/gamecube_defconfig. Copy it=20=

to ".config".

> =A0Will make produce a .dol or do I need to run the zImage against=20
> another tool?

It will create a arch/ppc/boot/images/zImage.elf. Using "doltool -d"=20
you can create a .dol.

> =A0Apart form all that, whats the next step that is being worked on?

There is some preliminary interrupt code. EXI and BBA would be=20
important drivers now, as well as support for loading an initrd.

   Michael