Re: eCos on AT91SAM9 - call to action

[Frank Pagliughi <fpagliughi at mindspring dot com>]

On 03/17/2011 09:13 AM, John Eigelaar wrote:
> On 16/03/2011 13:16, John Dallaway wrote:
> > All
> >
> > There has been a lot of delay in getting AT91SAM9 support into the eCos
> > repository. Far too much delay. I think the best way forward now is to
> > focus on Evgeniy Dushitov's contribution (port for AT91SAM9263) 
> > initially:
> >
> >    http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000819
> >
> > This seems sensible because:
> >
> > a) The patches themselves are well abstracted.
> > b) Some people are already using these patches as a baseline for
> >     further AT91SAM9 ports.
> > c) There is support for running this port under QEMU, allowing
> >     wider testing.
> >
> > I would like to invite everyone with an interest in AT91SAM9 support for
> > eCos to add themselves to the CC list for bug 1000819 and contribute to
> > the review process. Let's make this a community effort.
> >
> > John Dallaway
> > eCos maintainer
> > http://www.dallaway.org.uk/john
> John
> We, Keystone Electronic Solutions, have already done a Redboot port 
> for the AT91SAM9X512 and AT91SAM9260 devices based on Evgeniy's 
> patches if anybody is interested. I have no idea as to how up to date 
> our patch is but I will be will to provide our source if anybody is 
> interested.
>
> I have also used the port to build some test applications for these 
> devices but nothing enterprise level yet. We use the Redboot port as 
> boot loader for our Linux platforms.
>
> I have a personal copyright assignment for eCos, but will probably 
> need a blanket company wide in order to contribute this work.
>
> Regards
> John Eigelaar

Hey All,

What's the latest news on the AT91 chip sets?  From Bugzilla it appears 
that there will be some reshuffling.  I've been away from eCos for a few 
years, but am looking to start a project with a legacy AT91 then 
hopefully move it to a SAM3 in a few months.

Has anyone started work on the SAM3's?
How can I help?

Frank