RE: Board package for MPL PATI

["Steven Clugston" <steven dot clugston at newcastle dot ac dot uk>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@lunn.ch] 
Sent: 07 September 2008 11:09
To: Steven Clugston
Cc: ecos-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Board package for MPL PATI


On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 02:07:25PM +0100, Steven Clugston wrote:
> Attached is a board package for the MPC555 based board called a PATI 
> (PowerPC controlled Analog and Timing I/O Intelligence) MPL AG 
> Elektronik of Switzerland.
> 
> Board info:
> http://www.mpl.ch/t2864.html
> 
> The board is a PC/104+ form factor PCI target that works stand-alone 
> as well.
> 
> There's 16Mb RAM, and 4Mb flash which I think is quite a bit more than

> cme555/ec555 boards.
> 
> It is essentially intended as an intelligent data acquisition or 
> controller card. The the mpc555 uP makes it useful for motor control 
> and automotive applications.
> 
> I've based the package on the ec555 and cme555 packages by Bob 
> Koninckx, but the packages add support for the on-board 28fxx flash 
> part, SDRAM controller configuration, and board specific reset etc 
> whilst making use of the (now) generic mpc555 serial driver.

Hi Steve

Thanks for the board port. Here are some comments:

Please remove all the comments:

## Alternative licenses for eCos may be arranged by contacting Red Hat,
Inc. ## at http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/ecos-license/

in the headers. This has not been true for years.

Please change the copyright lines, eg:
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
to
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

plf_misc.h has a long line it would be nice to split over two.

mlt_powerpc_pati_ram.h has a commented out line which can be deleted.
mlt_powerpc_pati_ram.h has two commented out line which can be deleted.

hal_diag.c says
// Default baudrate is 38400
// These values are calculated for a 40Mhz clock frequency
// This should be enough, we did not provide clock frequency as a
configuration 
// option anyway

which is wrong, there is a CDL option for the clock frequency
CYGHWR_HAL_POWERPC_BOARD_SPEED.

hal_diag.c: I _think_ cyg_hal_plf_serial_getc, cyg_hal_plf_serial_putc,
cyg_hal_plf_serial_write, cyg_hal_plf_serial_getc_timeout, and maybe
cyg_hal_plf_comms_init can be made static.

pati.s has a few long lines it would be nice to split. Also there are a
few commented out instructions which should be deleted.

plf_stub.c: The macros L1 and L2 do not appear to be used.

redboot_R[OA]M.ecm have a couple of commented out lines which should be
removed.

I've not tried to compile anything yet, but my impression so far is it
all looks good.

    Andrew



Hi Andrew

I've made the changes suggested in your comments (see attahced).

I think some of your comments may also apply to the existing two mpc555
platforms ec555/cme555 as well.

Thanks,

Steven

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