Resources < PPCEmbedded

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The most relevant net resources are:

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[[http://penguinppc.org/embedded/][http://penguinppc.org/embedded]]

Introductory stuff.

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The [[ftp://ftp.mvista.com/pub/CDKit/1.2/][MontaVistaFTP]] site is
a good starting point.

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[[http://lists.linuxppc.org/lists/linuxppc-embedded]]

The archive contains indispensable wisdom answering most of your
questions before you knew you needed to ask them. Browse it heavily.

In particular, look for any articles by the individual gurus mentioned
in section %REF{type=Section,topic=Introduction,name=Credits}%.
Unfortunately you can't search the archives by  line to do this yet.

You are encouraged to subscribe by visiting
[[http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-embedded/info.html]]

However, please search the archives before asking questions.

Instructions like "Search for ..." in this document refer directly
to the search engine at the mailing list archives for the specified
keyword. Follow the keyword link to perform the search.

%SECTION1{name=PenguinPPC}% Home of the linux/ppc port

[[http://penguinppc.org/]]

%SECTION1{name=PowerPCProgramming}% PowerPC Programming

The ABI and EABI documentation describing register usage and C
linkage conventions are available at:
[[http://www.esofta.com/softspecs.html]]

There is lots of invaluable information about optimisations for
the PowerPC architecture in the IBM PowerPC Compiler Writer's Guide at: [[http://www.chips.ibm.com/products/powerpc/tools/compiler/cover.html]]

%SECTION1{name=NewsGroups}% Usenet Groups

   [[news:comp.sys.powerpc.tech][comp.sys.powerpc.tech]]: PowerPC technical discussion
   [[news:comp.os.linux.embedded][comp.os.linux.embedded]]: General discussion of all flavours of embedded Linux
   [[news:comp.arch.embedded][comp.arch.embedded]]: General embedded system discussion

%SECTION1{name=OtherResources}% Other Useful Resources

Leif Lindholm's in-depth report on porting Linux 2.2 to a custom MPC860 platform: [[http://www.realtimelogic.com/staff/leif/linux/linux_860_report.pdf.gz]]

Matt Porter's Linux page: [[http://members.home.net/mmporter/linux/]]

LinuxPPC Solutions offered by DENX Software Engineering: [[http://www.denx.de/solutions-en.html]]
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