Is there going to be problems if I dont do this? Is there an advantage other than selectable firmware? I dont want to go poking around in places I dont know what I am doing.I have a 5i20 board so I assume this would be something that(hostmot2) I am using.
Terry On Mon Aug 4 0:54 , Sebastian Kuzminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >This message affects users of the hostmot2 driver only, all others can hit Delete now. > >I just committed a large change to the hostmot2 driver in CVS TRUNK that >changes how firmware loading is done. Instead of loading the firmware using bfload before loading the device driver, the driver now handles firmware loading itself: it fetches the specified firmware from userspace using udev and programs the FPGA. The "config" modparam was extended to let the user specify which firmware they want. > > >Users who install emc2 using the Debian package will find the firmware files in /lib/firmware/hm2//. > >Users who use Run-In-Place must symlink the hostmot2 firmware directory of >their sandbox(es) into /lib/firmware before this will work: > > sudo ln -s $HOME/emc2-sandbox/src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/firmware /lib/firmware/hm2 > >Replace "emc2-sandbox" in the link target with the actual name of the directory containing your CVS checkout. If you want to have access to the firmwares from multiple sandboxes, replace "hm2" in the link name with the sandbox names. > > >To tell the driver which firmware file to load on a specific board, add something like "firmware=hm2/5i20/SVST8_4.BIT" to the board's config string. > > >This is all described in the "config modparam" section of the hostmot2(9) manpage, here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/hostmot2.9.html#config%20modparam> > > >Sorry for the disruption, i think it's for the best in the long run. > > >-- >Sebastian Kuzminsky >You think you can defeat me with your rebellious beard? >http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=k_QAPjtO2cA> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php\?banner_id=100&url=/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ---- Msg sent via CableONE.net MyMail - http://www.cableone.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
