Re: [ECOS] Neponset + CF on Redboot

[todd dot kallam at acterna dot com]

Hi,

I have an Assabet/Neponset running with Redboot.
The Socket CF card only seems to work when inserted
in the CF slot on the Assabet, not in the PCMCIA
slots on the Neponset.  I have phase 5 hardware.

After I boot Linux, I use the ethernet chip set on
the Neponset board because Linux does not seem to
support the Socket CF card.  I don't think that
Ecos supports the ethernet chip set on the Neponset.

You also need to make sure that you added the following
lines to redboot_ROM.ecm or other configuration if you
are using the Neponset:

   cdl_option CYGSEM_HAL_ARM_SA11X0_ASSABET_NEPONSET_TIMINGS {
      user_value 1
   };

I hope this helps.

Todd


> Gary Thomas wrote:
> > > Yes, but it's only been tested with certain makes of card. We've tested
> > > with the Socket CF LPE+, and someone else confirmed the PRETEC CompactLAN
> > > card worked.
> >
> > A couple of questions:
> >  * Do you actually have the Neponset board (SA1111)?  I'm not sure we've
> >    tested it much with that in place.
> >  * Does this 'won't go ready' happen all the time?  I've seen it happen
> >    with some cards, but only after they've been initialized once (after
> >    a reset)
> >
> > You could try adding some messages in the CF ethernet driver code to try
> > and figure out what's happening and why it might be failing.  Of
> > interest might be the CIS data which gets read by that driver.
>
> Srijon Biswas wrote:
>
> Hi, sorry for the late reply.
>
> The card is Socket CF-LPE. I do have the Neponset attached, and the CF
> card goes into the PCMCIA with a common CF to PCMCIA converter.
>
> If it has not really been tested much (as opposed to it not working due
> to some stupidity on my part :) ),
> then I'll maybe try out adding messages to the driver code and testing.
>
> Thanks,
> Srijon