Dear Rod, can you please use a standard way to quote text? In this message it is impossible for the reader to decide what was _my_ text, and which is yours.
In message <8D7C5F56B409554D9D46AC22195807F3061A2F at exchwenz01.smtp.dmcwave.co.nz> you wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:wd at denx.de] > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 10:15 AM > To: o_y > Cc: linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org > Subject: Re: MPC860T FEC problem > > > Hi, > > in message <MBBBIOFIICDAPDMKHBDEKEDLCAAA.o_yahav at netvision.net.il> you > wrote: > > > > I'm trying to port linux 2.2.14 on MPC860T and busybox as initrd. > > 2.2.14 is prehistoric stuff. Don't waste your time on all the bugs > and problems that have been fixed since. This was me. > We are using this kernel and it is working find for us. But this isn't my text! > > I have not seen any initializetion of the BCSR4 so i initialize it with > the > > value > > that ppcboot uses , so the ENABLE led is on too. > > Ummm... What's BCSR4? If PPCBoot initializes it, why do you have to > initialize it again? [me] > Like Wolfgang said why reinvent the wheel [not me] > > The device isn't working even when i use ppcboot (i configured ppcboot to > > use it). > > Sic! So get PPCBoot running first. > > > 1. Why there is no initializetion of BCSR4 in the original code? > > 2. If BCSR4 must be initialized , what is the correct value? > > 3. Is any one have a code that succeeded getting FEC device to work? > > Most of this depends on your hardware. We are using the FEC with this > kernel version and it is working fine. Get the 2.2.14 kernel from > Wolfgang's FTP site if it is still on there the FEC code and lots of other > goodies work with this kernel version. [not me] But the 2.2.14 kernel is still there, unused and unmaintained since November 2000. > Sometimes you cannot upgrade to a new kernel version this is possibly > political and not a design decision. Sometime there is also no reason to > upgrade to a newer kernel version and have to retest all possible variants > of device with the new kernel version. Sure. But there comes a point in time when it just doesn't make sense to add more new features to old software - especially when you find that you spend more effort on fixing old bugs that it would take to switch to a new version. Our 2.4.4 kernel is a good example for this problem. Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de As long as we're going to reinvent the wheel again, we might as well try making it round this time. - Mike Dennison ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
