From: Matt Porter <porter@cox.net>
To: Khai Trinh <kqtrinh@yahoo.com>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Ebony bootloader
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 08:10:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020615081021.A737@home.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020612113317.33359.qmail@web11508.mail.yahoo.com>; from kqtrinh@yahoo.com on Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:33:17AM -0700
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:33:17AM -0700, Khai Trinh wrote:
> Matt,
>
> Thanks for the info. I have a follow up question. I am
> trying to understand this whole embedded development
> in general and not really a Linux specific question.
> Are the board specific IO code setup to tell the
> kernel the presence of the individual peripheral
> devices on its bus (ie: the EBC0)? After that, a
Correct. This is for cases where we want to write
a driver that is shared across multiple core and
board implementations.
> driver is required for each device attach to the EBC0?
Correct.
> Is this driver a driver communicates to the EBC0 or a
> driver communicates to the device thru the EBC0 device
> memory map? Or my whole understanding is out of whack?
It is a standalone kernel driver for the device connected
via the EBC. There is no "driver" for the EBC itself.
Regards,
--
Matt Porter
porter@cox.net
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-15 15:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-11 23:43 Ebony bootloader Khai Trinh
2002-06-12 2:51 ` Matt Porter
2002-06-12 5:10 ` Paul Mackerras
2002-06-12 10:51 ` Matt Porter
2002-06-12 11:33 ` Khai Trinh
2002-06-15 15:10 ` Matt Porter [this message]
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