OpenPIC versus EPIC in MPC8240 !

2001-11-12 Thread ashish anand
Sarnath Kannan wrote: sorry for jumping in between as i was out on long leave. there is absoluetely no relation of bogus interrupts with openpic_init is populating reserved memory areas of EPIC. even i agree openpic_init is populating reserved memory areas of EPIC may need a second thought. you

OpenPIC versus EPIC in MPC8240 !

2001-11-12 Thread Sarnath Kannan
Hi Ashish, what I felt was, populating reserved areas is a bug. Thats what I accentuated. Moreover I has said that this could be a __possible__ cause for getting bogus interrupts. I would say there is 80% possibility. Moreover if u can read the EPIC manual, u can notice that IVPR and SVPR both

Flash programing

2001-11-12 Thread Wolfgang Denk
In message 5BFFEE450E4C9264CB2CB0E906D67860 at j_padron.joseane.zzn.com you wrote: We have Metrowerks CodeWarrior (for Windows). It has a little application and we use it to program the flash (via the Wigglers BDM): write and erase. OK. But now, we are starting with embedded linux and we

OpenPIC versus EPIC in MPC8240 !

2001-11-12 Thread Dan Malek
Sarnath Kannan wrote: Hi Ashish, what I felt was, populating reserved areas is a bug. It's only a bug if we don't know we are doing this and it is causing problems. We know we can do what we are doing without trouble. I'm not trying to justify this hack or claim it is the proper

Flash programing

2001-11-12 Thread Jerry Van Baren
At 10:09 AM 11/12/01 +0100, Juan Padron wrote: Hi: I?m new in this list. I have a beginner question. We have Metrowerks CodeWarrior (for Windows). It has a little application and we use it to program the flash (via the Wigglers BDM): write and erase. But now, we are starting with

OpenPIC versus EPIC in MPC8240 !

2001-11-12 Thread Dag Nygren
I have no idea of hurting people. But if a bug is pointed out, there is no harm in accepting it. More importanly, you should do something constructive and fix it. I thiught I did that, but noone seems to be interested.. ;-) Dag ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See

OpenPIC versus EPIC in MPC8240 !

2001-11-12 Thread Dan Malek
Dag Nygren wrote: I thiught I did that, but noone seems to be interested.. ;-) Yeah :-). I was hoping Paul or someone else would make a suggestion. A few of us (and people more interested and affected by OpenPIC other than me) had discussed some other, slightly more pleasing hacks. Right

IDE in Mode 1 (Sandpoint) how ?

2001-11-12 Thread Mark A. Greer
Dan Malek wrote: Sarnath Kannan wrote: hi all, The Sandpoint user's manual says that WinBond's IDE controller is disabled in mode 1 (s3-down, s4-up), but MontaVista's kernel works in mode 1 with IDE support! How is this possible ? Because the documentation is misleading... The