There&nbsp;are&nbsp;kits&nbsp;available&nbsp;which&nbsp;will&nbsp;save&nbsp;you&nbsp;the&nbsp;time&nbsp;of&nbsp;building&nbsp;your&nbsp;own&nbsp;t&nbsp;<br />ools,&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;bootstrapped&nbsp;faster.&nbsp;<br />MontaVista&nbsp;Software&nbsp;Hard&nbsp;Hat&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.mvista.com/">http://www.mvista.com/</a>&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.hardhatlinux.com/">http://www.hardhatlinux.com/</a>&nbsp;<br />They&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;complete&nbsp;8xx&nbsp;cross-development&nbsp;kit&nbsp;described&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="ftp://ftp.mvista">ftp://ftp.mvista</a>&nbsp;<br />.com/pub/CDK/1.2/README&nbsp;available&nbsp;at:&nbsp;<a href="ftp://ftp.mvista.com/pub/CDK/1.2/.">ftp://ftp.mvista.com/pub/CDK/1.2/.</a>&nbsp;<br />You&nbsp;can&nbsp;also&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;this&nbsp;kit&nbsp;as&nbsp;an&nbsp;integrated&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;Hard&nbsp;Hat&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;distribution,&nbsp;and&nbsp;buy&nbsp;support&nbsp;for&nbsp;it&nbsp;directly&nbsp;from&nbsp;MontaVista.&nbsp;<br />It's&nbsp;also&nbsp;available&nbsp;as&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;Planet&nbsp;kit&nbsp;from&nbsp;Embedded&nbsp;Planet.&nbsp;<br />QuickStack&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://qslinux.com/">http://qslinux.com/</a>&nbsp;<br /><a href="ftp://qslinux.com/pub/qslinux">ftp://qslinux.com/pub/qslinux</a>&nbsp;<br />This&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;is&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;PPC&nbsp;2.2.5&nbsp;kernel.&nbsp;It&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;heavily&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />modified&nbsp;and&nbsp;targeted&nbsp;specifically&nbsp;to&nbsp;SNMC's&nbsp;MPC850-based&nbsp;product.&nbsp;It&nbsp;includ&nbsp;<br />es:&nbsp;<br />Subsystem&nbsp;for&nbsp;configuring&nbsp;and&nbsp;controlling&nbsp;I/O&nbsp;pins&nbsp;(qspin)&nbsp;<br />Hardware&nbsp;Watchdog&nbsp;support&nbsp;<br />Flash&nbsp;Filesystem&nbsp;(layered&nbsp;under&nbsp;Ext2FS)&nbsp;<br />Compressed&nbsp;Ext2FS&nbsp;(e2compr)&nbsp;<br />HDLC/PPP&nbsp;Driver&nbsp;<br />ATM&nbsp;Utopia&nbsp;Network&nbsp;Driver&nbsp;(AAL5/IP)&nbsp;<br />Multiple&nbsp;serial&nbsp;consoles&nbsp;<br />Much,&nbsp;much&nbsp;more&nbsp;<br />Denx&nbsp;Software&nbsp;Engineering&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.denx.de/solutions-en.html">http://www.denx.de/solutions-en.html</a>&nbsp;<br />ftp&nbsp;site&nbsp;<br /><a href="ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/LinuxPPC/usr/src/">ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/LinuxPPC/usr/src/</a>&nbsp;<br />CD-ROMs&nbsp;<br />Offer&nbsp;a&nbsp;CD-ROM&nbsp;with&nbsp;LinuxPPC&nbsp;for&nbsp;MPC8xx&nbsp;Systems,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;for&nbsp;TQM8xxL&nbsp;Modu&nbsp;<br />les.&nbsp;It&nbsp;includes:&nbsp;<br />Sources&nbsp;and&nbsp;tools&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;Cross&nbsp;Development&nbsp;Kit&nbsp;(CDK)&nbsp;for&nbsp;MPC8xx&nbsp;Embedded&nbsp;Powe&nbsp;<br />rPC&nbsp;Controllers&nbsp;on&nbsp;x86&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;hosts&nbsp;<br />Pre-built,&nbsp;ready-to-run&nbsp;binaries&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;CDK&nbsp;<br />Linux-2.2.13&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;source&nbsp;tree&nbsp;for&nbsp;MPC8xx&nbsp;systems.&nbsp;There&nbsp;are&nbsp;also&nbsp;pre-built&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;images&nbsp;for&nbsp;TQM8xxL&nbsp;modules.&nbsp;<br />Pre-installed&nbsp;native&nbsp;LinuxPPC&nbsp;root&nbsp;filesystem&nbsp;with&nbsp;all&nbsp;standard&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;tools&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />to&nbsp;be&nbsp;exported&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;NFS&nbsp;server&nbsp;and&nbsp;used&nbsp;as&nbsp;root&nbsp;filesystem&nbsp;for&nbsp;Embedded&nbsp;PPC&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />systems.&nbsp;<br />Boards&nbsp;<br />They&nbsp;also&nbsp;ship&nbsp;hardware&nbsp;with&nbsp;PPCboot,&nbsp;kernel&nbsp;and&nbsp;root&nbsp;filesystem&nbsp;pre-install&nbsp;<br />ed.&nbsp;Just&nbsp;connect&nbsp;the&nbsp;power&nbsp;supply,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;is&nbsp;booting.&nbsp;<br />The&nbsp;Embedded&nbsp;Debian&nbsp;Project&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.emdebian.org/">http://www.emdebian.org/</a>&nbsp;<br />Debian&nbsp;project&nbsp;philosophy&nbsp;applied&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;embedded&nbsp;space.&nbsp;Especially&nbsp;good&nbsp;for&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;developers&nbsp;already&nbsp;running&nbsp;Debian&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;desktop.&nbsp;<br />Bright&nbsp;Star&nbsp;Engineering&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.brightstareng.com/">http://www.brightstareng.com/</a>&nbsp;<br />You&nbsp;may&nbsp;get&nbsp;a&nbsp;kickstart&nbsp;by&nbsp;purchasing&nbsp;Bright&nbsp;Star's&nbsp;SDK,&nbsp;particularly&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;<br />'re&nbsp;using&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;boards.&nbsp;For&nbsp;comments,&nbsp;see:&nbsp;<a href="http://lists.linuxppc.org/">http://lists.linuxppc.org/</a>&nbsp;<br />listarcs/linuxppc-embedded/199912/msg00075.html&nbsp;<br />Lineo&nbsp;Embedix&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.lineo.com/products/embedix_linux/">http://www.lineo.com/products/embedix_linux/</a>&nbsp;<br />Lineo&nbsp;Embedix&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;embedded&nbsp;Linux-based&nbsp;software&nbsp;solution&nbsp;that&nbsp;adds&nbsp;t&nbsp;<br />he&nbsp;power&nbsp;and&nbsp;connectivity&nbsp;of&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;to&nbsp;customized&nbsp;embedded&nbsp;devices.&nbsp;Embedix&nbsp;L&nbsp;<br />inux&nbsp;is&nbsp;engineered&nbsp;specifically&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;unique&nbsp;speed,&nbsp;memory&nbsp;and&nbsp;storage&nbsp;req&nbsp;<br />uirements&nbsp;of&nbsp;embedded&nbsp;devices.&nbsp;Embedix&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;is&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;popular&nbsp;desktop&nbsp;L&nbsp;<br />inux&nbsp;distribution&nbsp;and&nbsp;is&nbsp;available&nbsp;for&nbsp;PowerPC&nbsp;and&nbsp;x86&nbsp;microprocessors.&nbsp;<br />Red&nbsp;Hat&nbsp;Embedded&nbsp;DevKit&nbsp;<br /><a href="http://www.redhat.com/products/edk/">http://www.redhat.com/products/edk/</a>&nbsp;<br />Gets&nbsp;you&nbsp;started&nbsp;with&nbsp;embedded&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;development&nbsp;using&nbsp;Red&nbsp;Hat&nbsp;Linux.&nbsp;The&nbsp;bo&nbsp;<br />x&nbsp;product&nbsp;includes&nbsp;a&nbsp;complete&nbsp;toolkit&nbsp;with&nbsp;IDE&nbsp;and&nbsp;ethernet-based&nbsp;debugging&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />and&nbsp;supports&nbsp;development&nbsp;of&nbsp;PowerPC&nbsp;architecture&nbsp;systems,&nbsp;along&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;x86&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;architecture.&nbsp;<br />Oddly&nbsp;enough,&nbsp;the&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;target&nbsp;CPU&nbsp;required&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;x86&nbsp;binaries&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;kit&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;Pentium/586,&nbsp;whereas&nbsp;the&nbsp;minimum&nbsp;desktop&nbsp;CPU&nbsp;for&nbsp;Red&nbsp;Hat&nbsp;Linux&nbsp;is&nbsp;only&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;a&nbsp;386.&nbsp;Embedded&nbsp;systems&nbsp;most&nbsp;often&nbsp;have&nbsp;less&nbsp;powerful&nbsp;CPUs&nbsp;than&nbsp;desktop&nbsp;one&nbsp;<br />s,&nbsp;not&nbsp;more&nbsp;powerful&nbsp;ones.&nbsp;This&nbsp;mistake&nbsp;doesn't&nbsp;affect&nbsp;PowerPC&nbsp;users&nbsp;at&nbsp;all,&nbsp;<br 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