How to Port Linux Kernel

[Alexandru Juncu]

On 19 August 2013 16:13, Robert Clove <cloverobert at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Alexandru Juncu <alexj at rosedu.org> wrote:
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>> On 19 August 2013 15:35, Robert Clove <cloverobert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello All,
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>> > I am an software Guy have some knowledge about device drivers.
>> > I want to understand porting Linux kernel on new PCI board.
>> > I have no idea from where to start and how.
>> > Please guide me through some good books and tutorials.
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>> > Please guide.
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>> Hello!
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>> I don't think you want to 'port' Linux on the board. You port the
>> kernel on a new CPU processor/architecture.
>> I think what you want is to make a device driver for your device (that
>> connects via PCI).
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>> What you should do is search for an existing device driver of a
>> similar board and take the code for that one and examine it. Then take
>> the technical specs of the new board and see the differences between
>> that and the old board and implement the differences in a new code
>> that will be the new device driver.
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> Sir,
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> Actually what i want to do is suppose the hardware team give you a new board
> and now you want to run Linux kernel on it,
> What one should do to port Linux on the new board.

Can you be more specific on what kind of a board you are referring to?
Is it a something like a Pandaboard or a Beagleboard (System-on-a-Chip
boards), or a normal graphics/network/sound/board (you said something
about PCI so my mind pointed to this kind of boards).