On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, paul_c wrote: > Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:56:15 +0000 > From: paul_c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 5i20 step generators > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> At present, EMC has a driver (by PeteV) that supports a single >>> configuration. That one config is stored as part of the EMC source code, >>> in both VHDL and binery form - binary because most people don't have the >>> Xilinx software installed, and even if they do, the translation from VHDL >>> to bitfile is NOT something you want to do every time you build the >>> software. > > Calling xst and friends from the command line is trivial enough given the > XILINX env. variable. But few people will need/want the ISE toolchain > installed, likewise, many will not want to recompile just to update a single > firmware blob. > > Embedding firmware is wrong - Do a search on the LKML for the reasons why - > The kernel team have provided a simple mechanism (for 2.6.x series) that > avoids bloating a driver with 97652 bytes (166980 for 200K devices, and even > more for 400k). > > [Peter] Is there an easy way to probe any of the fpga cards to determine which > chip is fitted ?
Only that the PCI subsystem ID code will indicate whether it is a 5I20, 5I21, 4I65, 4I68 or 5I22. >From this you can determine the FPGA type/size > (on a related topic, any chance of a dump of the 256bytes of the PCI > registers on both 4i6x & 5i2x cards ? ). The PCI bridge config registers? > > Firmware loading is not as straight forward with 2.4.x kernels - For those, > search for mod_firmware_load() to see one way of doing it. Note that the "old > way" imposes policy with respect to where the firmware is located (and no, it > does NOT go in /etc). For firmware handling in 2.6.x kernels, refer to > LDD.ver3 and also the source tree - Plenty of examples to be found there. > > -- > Paul. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
