On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:26:14 -0400
"Timothy Normand Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The first, most critical thing is diagnostic software. When we plug
> an OGD1 for the first time into a PC, we need software that lets us
> bang directly on the hardware, sets up video, etc. I've done this
> before, but I can't release the code (not soon enough anyhow).
> Basically, you'll need libpci to start with. Use it to scan for the
> device, map it, enable the mapping in the hardware, etc. That mapping
> would be one submodule of the diag suite. Others would include video
> setup (mostly based on Patrick's code), memory setup (grab the numbers
> from the simulation code), and other minor things. Oh, and let's not
> forget programming the SPI prom that loads the S3.
Can you be a little bit more specific here what you need?
Ie what device are we scanning for? What values should we
bang to which registers? Do you want to have an application
that just writes some fixed values or do you want to have
it defined on the command line?
Attila Kinali
--
The true CS students do not need to know how to program.
They learn how to abstract the process of programming to
the point of making programmers obsolete.
-- Jabber in #holo
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