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Linus Torvalds bab2d8c602 OpenRISC changes for 3.4 This series for the OpenRISC architecture consists of mostly trivial fixups. The most interesting bits of the series are: * A fix to the timer code whereby the shortest trigger period is set to 100 cycles; previously, it was possible to set this to 1 cycle, but by the time the register was written, that time had already passed and the timer interrupt would not go off until the cycle counter had gone a full cycle. * Allowing a device tree binary to be passed in to the kernel from u-boot. The OpenRISC architecture has been recently merged into upstream u-boot, so this change gets OpenRISC Linux into sync with that project. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk9sO1EACgkQ70gcjN2673MC3wCgrCMVzL0htkO7o6oYAP2+oMeh FKIAnRZ+8KFQ1/WM/jnPHLJxVClyJpBp =Uk9/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'for-3.4' of git://openrisc.net/jonas/linux Pull OpenRISC changes for 3.4 from Jonas Bonn: "This series for the OpenRISC architecture consists of mostly trivial fixups. The most interesting bits of the series are: * A fix to the timer code whereby the shortest trigger period is set to 100 cycles; previously, it was possible to set this to 1 cycle, but by the time the register was written, that time had already passed and the timer interrupt would not go off until the cycle counter had gone a full cycle. * Allowing a device tree binary to be passed in to the kernel from u-boot. The OpenRISC architecture has been recently merged into upstream u-boot, so this change gets OpenRISC Linux into sync with that project." * tag 'for-3.4' of git://openrisc.net/jonas/linux: OpenRISC: Remove memory_start/end prototypes openrisc: remove semicolon from KSTK_ defs openrisc: sanitize use of orig_gpr11 openrisc: fix virt_addr_valid OpenRISC: Export dump_stack() OpenRISC: Select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 openrisc: Set shortest clock event to 100 ticks openrisc: included linux/thread_info.h twice OpenRISC: Use set_current_blocked() and block_sigmask() OpenRISC: Don't mask signals if we fail to setup signal stack OpenRISC: No need to reset handler if SA_ONESHOT OpenRISC: Don't reimplement force_sigsegv() openrisc: enable passing of flattened device tree pointer arch/openrisc/mm/init.c: trivial: use BUG_ON		2012-03-23 17:24:25 -07:00
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boot	Kbuild: Use dtc's -d (dependency) option	2012-01-15 00:04:35 +01:00
configs
include/asm	OpenRISC changes for 3.4	2012-03-23 17:24:25 -07:00
kernel	openrisc: sanitize use of orig_gpr11	2012-03-06 10:37:00 +01:00
lib	OpenRISC: Library routines	2011-07-22 18:46:40 +02:00
mm	arch/openrisc/mm/init.c: trivial: use BUG_ON	2012-02-17 09:55:22 +01:00
Kconfig	OpenRISC: Select GENERIC_ATOMIC64	2012-03-06 10:34:13 +01:00
Makefile
README.openrisc	OpenRISC: Miscellaneous	2011-07-22 18:46:41 +02:00
TODO.openrisc	OpenRISC: Miscellaneous	2011-07-22 18:46:41 +02:00

README.openrisc

OpenRISC Linux
==============

This is a port of Linux to the OpenRISC class of microprocessors; the initial
target architecture, specifically, is the 32-bit OpenRISC 1000 family (or1k).

For information about OpenRISC processors and ongoing development:

	website		http://openrisc.net

For more information about Linux on OpenRISC, please contact South Pole AB.

	email:		info@southpole.se

	website:	http://southpole.se
			http://southpoleconsulting.com

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Build instructions for OpenRISC toolchain and Linux
===================================================

In order to build and run Linux for OpenRISC, you'll need at least a basic
toolchain and, perhaps, the architectural simulator.  Steps to get these bits
in place are outlined here.

1)  The toolchain can be obtained from openrisc.net.  Instructions for building
a toolchain can be found at:

http://openrisc.net/toolchain-build.html

2) or1ksim (optional)

or1ksim is the architectural simulator which will allow you to actually run
your OpenRISC Linux kernel if you don't have an OpenRISC processor at hand.

	git clone git://openrisc.net/jonas/or1ksim-svn

	cd or1ksim
	./configure --prefix=$OPENRISC_PREFIX
	make
	make install

3)  Linux kernel

Build the kernel as usual

	make ARCH=openrisc defconfig
	make ARCH=openrisc

4)  Run in architectural simulator

Grab the or1ksim platform configuration file (from the or1ksim source) and
together with your freshly built vmlinux, run your kernel with the following
incantation:

	sim -f arch/openrisc/or1ksim.cfg vmlinux

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Terminology
===========

In the code, the following particles are used on symbols to limit the scope
to more or less specific processor implementations:

openrisc: the OpenRISC class of processors
or1k:     the OpenRISC 1000 family of processors
or1200:   the OpenRISC 1200 processor

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History
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18. 11. 2003	Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com)
	initial port of linux to OpenRISC/or32 architecture.
        all the core stuff is implemented and seams usable.

08. 12. 2003	Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com)
	complete change of TLB miss handling.
	rewrite of exceptions handling.
	fully functional sash-3.6 in default initrd.
	a much improved version with changes all around.

10. 04. 2004	Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com)
	alot of bugfixes all over.
	ethernet support, functional http and telnet servers.
	running many standard linux apps.

26. 06. 2004	Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com)
	port to 2.6.x

30. 11. 2004	Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com)
	lots of bugfixes and enhancments.
	added opencores framebuffer driver.

09. 10. 2010    Jonas Bonn (jonas@southpole.se)
	major rewrite to bring up to par with upstream Linux 2.6.36