From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ovro.ovro.caltech.edu (ovro.ovro.caltech.edu [192.100.16.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "sabrina.ovro.caltech.edu", Issuer "sabrina.ovro.caltech.edu" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B09367B58 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:00:51 +1100 (EST) Received: from [192.100.16.36] (kiwi.ovro.caltech.edu [192.100.16.36]) by ovro.ovro.caltech.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k1AI0mHV011097 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:00:48 -0800 Message-ID: <43ECD43F.5090809@ovro.caltech.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:58:23 -0800 From: David Hawkins MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Yosemite/440EP 'issues' as a PCI target References: <20060210173133.964B53525CC@atlas.denx.de> <43ECCF7C.9070701@ovro.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <43ECCF7C.9070701@ovro.caltech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hey Travis, >> Not great, so any suggestions for whats better? >> > Everyone uses them because they're easy and just work. Sometimes > you may need to tweak the setup eeprom, but in general they just work. > We use a pericom 7300 (can't remember and working from home > today), that is quite nice. Not an issue with it at all. HW > guy just plunked it down and it worked. They have an eval board to. I was going to take a look around TIs site, I'd forgotten Pericom makes bridges too, I'll read the data book. > ... I've not had a need to use it, my work is 90% PCI > (forwarding engine, queueing engine, etc) for 10G ethernet, so > FPU stuff is very rare, and not time critical (used for setting > up policing/rate limiting etc). Basically, set it and forget it > calculations. I figured that was probably the case - and the reason the majority of the embedded processors are sans-FPU. I didn't want to use a TI DSP again, there's just no 'community spirit' like with Linux. So, I'll take a look at the PowerQUICC that Wolfgang mentioned, and see if I want to change to that processor, another look at the ColdFire (I have an MCF5485 eval board), and a look at the bridge data sheets and see where that leaves me. Personally, I want to stay with the PowerPC, the developer mailing list is great! Thanks, Dave