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Re: CYGPKG_DEVS_DISK_MMC "hardware"?
- From: John Dallaway <john at dallaway dot org dot uk>
- To: Peter Niebert <peter at niebert dot com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:40:28 +0100
- Subject: [ECOS] Re: CYGPKG_DEVS_DISK_MMC "hardware"?
- References: <04F44069-1B94-4563-8261-311AD85ED3CE@niebert.com>
Hi Peter
Peter Niebert wrote:
> The package CYGPKG_DEVS_DISK_MMC which implements a disk driver for MMC
> cards via SPI has a "hardware" attribute in the ecos.db
> In order to make it run, a corresponding SPI device must be declared
> with a low level SPI driver (in my case AT91).
>
> As a consequence of the "hardware" attribute, ecosconfig refuses to add
> this package. My feeling is, it should not be there and the "interface"
> declaration in the
> cdl script of the driver should be sufficient for requirements?
The documentation for this package indicates that the presence of the
hardware attribute is deliberate, but it's not clear why this should be
necessary. I expect Bart Veer can explain. Bart?
John Dallaway
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