Building a Xilinx ML300/ML310 Linux Kernel

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Building a Xilinx ML300/ML310 Linux Kernel
Dan Burke, James Player, and Nacho Navarro v1.1, November 2004
This page outlines the steps required to produce a custom Linux (2.4) kernel for the PowerPC architecture. Particularly, in the context of the Xilinx ML series FPGA boards. Coverage includes building a cross-compiling toolchain, acquiring a kernel source tree and configuring & compiling the kernel.

1. Introduction

2. Building an Open Source Kernel

2.1 Using CrossTool
2.2 Installing BitKeeper
2.3 Downloading an Open Source Kernel Tree
2.4 Rolling Back the Tree's Version
2.5 Incorporating a BSP
2.6 Modifying the Makefile
2.7 Configuring / Building the Kernel
2.8 Installing the Kernel

3. Building a MontaVista Kernel

3.1 Installing the MontaVista Preview Kit
3.2 Configuring / Building the Kernel
3.3 Installing the Kernel

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