AMCC PowerPC 440EPx

The LinuxLink software distribution model enables the usage of the AMCC440EPx LinuxLink for development targeting all designs based on AMCC440EPx processor. The PowerPC 440EPx embedded processor is ideally suited to a wide range of high-performance applications, including imaging, industrial control and networking.

Processor derivatives enabled:

The AMCC440EPx LinuxLink can also be used as a starting point for Linux development for designs based on the 440 family of processors.

Reference boards/OEM boards enabled:

The AMCC440EPx LinuxLink can also be used as a starting point for Linux development for designs derived from:

Notes:

Complete peripheral support for AMCC440EPx derived integrated processors, or board support for other reference designs, might need to be sourced from manufacturers of the respective processors or reference boards.

The latest reference distribution for the Sequoia board is based on the 2.6.19 version of the Linux kernel.

Kernel Device Driver Support

Device	Linux Driver Configuration	Notes
Ethernet	CONFIG_IBM_EMAC=y CONFIG_IBM_EMAC_RXB=64 CONFIG_IBM_EMAC_TXB=8 CONFIG_IBM_EMAC_POLL_WEIGHT=32 CONFIG_IBM_EMAC_RX_COPY_THRESHOLD=256 CONFIG_IBM_EMAC_RX_SKB_HEADROOM=0 CONFIG_IBM_EMAC_ZMII=y CONFIG_IBM_EMAC_RGMII=y CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
Serial	CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y	8250
Nand Flash	CONFIG_MTD_NAND=y CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE=y CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ECC_SMC=y CONFIG_MTD_NAND_IDS=y CONFIG_MTD_NAND_NDFC=y
IDE	CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_IDE_MAX_HWIFS=4 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
I2C	CONFIG_I2C=y CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
USB	CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD_PPC_SOC=y CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN=y	Host

Toolchains

Available toolchains for development, including compilers and debuggers.

Feature	Details
Software Versions	GCC 3.4.1, BinUtils 2.15.91, Glibc 2.3.2, uClibc 0.9.27, GDB 6.2.1
Cross-Development Toolchains	GNU Toolchains available for IA-32 Linux and Windows/Cygwin Hosts
C-Libraries	GNU C Library (glibc) and uClibc
Remote Debugging	GNU GDB Available for IA-32 Linux and Windows/Cygwin Hosts
Native Development Support	GNU compiler toolchain, auto-tools, GNU Debugger and a full range of other development tools, including make, various common utilities, scripting languages, etc.
Package Building and Development	TimeSys Cross-Development tools (tsrpm, tsenv, etc.) support building of RPM packages using cross-compilation, installation of packages on host system to create root filesystems, and creation of IPKG packages.

Packages

Application Support is available as Linux packages for creating custom root filesystems, as well as for supporting cross-development.

Feature	Details
Common Linux Utilities	bash, bzip2, coreutils, diffutils, file, findutils, grep, gzip, less, lsof, man, procps, psmisc, schedutils, tar, tcsh, util-linux, zip
Network Clients and Servers	dhclient, ftp, rsync, simple-ftpd, tftp, telnet, telnet-server, udhcp, wget, wu-ftpd
Networking	arpwatch, ethtool, iproute, iputils, lksctp, netcat, net-snmp, net-tools, ntp, nfs-utils, openntpd, portmap, procmail, sendmail, tcpdump, wget
Web Servers	apache (httpd), boa
Security	beecrypt, cyrus-sasl, cracklib, distcache, dropbear, ipsec, kerberos, openca, openssl, openssh, pam, passwd, samhain, shadow-utils, stunnel, swatch, tcp_wrappers
Editors	nvi, zile, nano, jed, vim
Scripting Languages	awk, bash, perl, python, sed, tcl, tk
Development Libraries	expat, gmp, glib, glib2, libpcap, libnet, libcap, libtermcap, libxml2, libevent, libjpeg, pcre, readline
Development Tools	gcc, binutils, gdb, autoconf, automake, libtool, flex, bison, rcs, cvs, make, ltrace, strace, patch, diffstat, quilt
System Utilities	hotplug, mingetty, modutils, setup, syslog, syslog-ng, SysVInit, udev
Package Management	rpm, yum, ipkg
Hardware Interfacing	hwdata, kernel-utils, lmsensors, minicom, pciutils, setserial, usbutils
File Systems and Storage	e2fsprogs, mtd, scsirastools, lvm2, mdadm, raidtools
High Availability	heartbeat, OpenHPI, OpenIPMI