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Porting Linux Kernel on PPC Target Boards

This paper describes the procedure for porting embedded Linux to PPC based custom boards, which means making the operating system work on unfamiliar hardware. This paper also describes the procedure for setting up the development environment on host PC, obtaining kernel source, configuring the Linux kernel, how to cross compile Linux kernel, and how to load and run linux kernel on PPC based custom boards. The resulting embedded systems are used as application-specific computers that interact with the physical world.

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