On Monday 08 May 2017 11:20:43 Peter C. Wallace wrote: Alright Peter & Andy, the cheese just got a little more binding.
I have 2 7i90's that have now verified according to 7i90_spi_svst4_8.bit, and a brand new one I just wrote with that file, it verifies also if I do a powerdown, set W3 down, power it up, move w3 back up and then verify it. All 3 give this same error. I also killed at least an hour because the 7i90HD manual's example mesaflash invocations are WRONG, the "--port" option is "--addr" in my copy of mesaflash. I even rang out the interconnect cable & found it good, twice! It would be very nice if that .pdf matched the software shipping. > On Mon, 8 May 2017, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 10:30:53 -0400 > > From: Gene Heskett <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] stracing why linuxcnc will not run > > > > On Monday 08 May 2017 08:37:17 andy pugh wrote: > >> On 6 May 2017 at 17:48, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Unknown board: HOST???? > >>> hm2_rpspi: rtapi_app_main: Operation not permitted (-1) > >>> > >>> Could this be an indicator of a total failure of the 7i90 card? > >> > >> I didn't think so. > >> > >> https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master/src/hal/drivers/me > >>sa- hostmot2/hm2_rpspi.c#L295 > > > > Now we are getting somewhere, thats precisely the code that would > > spit this out, thank you very much Andy. > > > >> It reads 8 characters from 0x40c using the SPI interface, so the > >> 7i90 is talking, but it seems to be saying "HOST????" rather than > >> "MESA7i90" > >> > >> Maybe a funny firmware? Maybe a wrong assumption by the driver? > > > > This sounds like I should take that card back to the old Dell with a > > parport cable hanging out of it, plug it in. Move the jumper that > > makes it boot from the backup firmware, which will re-enable the > > parport, power it up, put the jumper back, and re-flash it again? > > Reflashing with the same bitfile is very unlikely to make any > difference. The FPGA CRC checks the bitfile on loading and if it has > an error it will not load (and you will get red /INIT and /DONE LEDs) So that never was it. Whats next? Or do I go fishing until the intel atom based pi lookalike arrives from Taiwan? According to the shipping notice, s/b by the end of the week. Peter, do you have 3 of those 7i44TA's (breakout/protective boards for the 50 pin using interfaces) and 3 AIO cables about 6 or 7" long? I won't need a foot, no room to fold up the surplus neatly. 6" may even be too long. Since I can install the connectors, 2 feet of cable and 6 loose connectors might be best. Or should a hit digikey for those? I'll turn my just started to drill holes and mount stuff build pattern 90 degrees so theres room to stack the 7i44TA's up in a staggered format off the end of the 7i90 so the terminals of all 3 boards are accessible. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
