[U-Boot-Users] Port for M5329EVB ColdFire MCF5329 eval board - needs network!

[U-Boot-Users] Port for M5329EVB ColdFire MCF5329 eval board - needs network!

[Robert S. Grimes]

Hi all,

I've been working on a port for the Freescale/LogicPD eval board with 
the ColdFire MCF5329 microcontroller.  I've got it up and running from 
flash and all.  No network yet - and I'm not sure how to proceed there.  
It seems from an example or two that U-Boot network drivers are usually 
fairly simple.  Is it true that a simple polled driver is sufficient?

I'd like to get Ethernet working, but I have more pressing concerns 
right now, so I can't really spend a lot of time on it. However, I'd be 
interested in working with others, and certainly would welcome a bit 
more guidance; I haven't really found much in the way of an "Ethernet 
Driver How-To", and I've looked.  Of course, I could have missed it...

On a different topic, I would like to submit my BSP.  I don't know how 
interested people would be, given its current state - no Ethernet, and 
frankly, not extensively tested.  I will be using it over the next few 
months, so I'd expect these to improve, but it's probably not really 
ready for formal inclusion.  What does one do in such situations?  What 
is the process for new BSPs, especially incomplete "beta" versions?

Thanks for your time,
-Bob

[U-Boot-Users] Port for M5329EVB ColdFire MCF5329 eval board - needs network!

[Ben Warren]

Hi Robert,
--- "Robert S. Grimes" <rsg@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been working on a port for the Freescale/LogicPD eval board with 
> the ColdFire MCF5329 microcontroller.  I've got it up and running from 
> flash and all.  No network yet - and I'm not sure how to proceed there.  
> It seems from an example or two that U-Boot network drivers are usually 
> fairly simple.  Is it true that a simple polled driver is sufficient?

Yes.  Everything's polled.  No interrupt funny business.

> I'd like to get Ethernet working, but I have more pressing concerns 
> right now, so I can't really spend a lot of time on it. However, I'd be 
> interested in working with others, and certainly would welcome a bit 
> more guidance; I haven't really found much in the way of an "Ethernet 
> Driver How-To", and I've looked.  Of course, I could have missed it...

I worked a bit with a Coldfire (5328 I think) a couple of years ago and
remember that its Ethernet controller was very similar to the SCC/FCC/TSEC
controllers that you find on 68360 and PowerQUICC chips.  I have no personal
experience here, but I would wager that it's also pretty similar to the FEC on
the older MCF52x2 Coldfires.   Bottom line - this should be a cut & paste job. 
Look in cpu/bcf52x2/fec.c, cpu/mpc8xx/fec.c, ...

> On a different topic, I would like to submit my BSP.  I don't know how 
> interested people would be, given its current state - no Ethernet, and 
> frankly, not extensively tested.  I will be using it over the next few 
> months, so I'd expect these to improve, but it's probably not really 
> ready for formal inclusion.  What does one do in such situations?  What 
> is the process for new BSPs, especially incomplete "beta" versions?

There's no point putting your BSP in the main tree until it's complete and
tested.  That said, you're always welcome to post code for review.  Just
clearly label it as such and be patient.

regards,
Ben 

[U-Boot-Users] Port for M5329EVB ColdFire MCF5329 eval board - needs network!

[Robert S. Grimes]

Hi Ben,

Ben Warren wrote:
> Yes.  Everything's polled.  No interrupt funny business.
>   
Thanks, that's quite comforting to know.
> I worked a bit with a Coldfire (5328 I think) a couple of years ago and
> remember that its Ethernet controller was very similar to the SCC/FCC/TSEC
> controllers that you find on 68360 and PowerQUICC chips.  I have no personal
> experience here, but I would wager that it's also pretty similar to the FEC on
> the older MCF52x2 Coldfires.   Bottom line - this should be a cut & paste job. 
> Look in cpu/bcf52x2/fec.c, cpu/mpc8xx/fec.c, ...
>   
That's what I would have thought, but I've heard this is not true, and
I've seen some small differences myself.  I would like to know which
ColdFire variant it is closest to, or that is is so different that I
should not bother and start from scratch.

I also grabbed Freescale's dBug sources last night, which has working
drivers for the mcf532x.  Does anyone know if those are
interrupt-driven?  (Yeah, I know, look at the source!  Just, if someone
already knows...)
> There's no point putting your BSP in the main tree until it's complete and
> tested.  That said, you're always welcome to post code for review.  Just
> clearly label it as such and be patient.
>   
Well, yes, there is a point - it would allow others to use it, or even
better, work with me to improve it :-P .  But of course, your are right
that it shouldn't be in the main tree until it is ready.  So if it is
the operating convention here, I'm happy to comply. 

So what do I do?  Create a patch and post it?

Is that what all those "[PATCH]' messages are?  I had thought those were
enhancements/fixes for existing code.

Not big questions, and I would think I could make it clear enough on my
own, but I don't want to make any troubles here.
> regards,
> Ben 
>
>
>   

[U-Boot-Users] Port for M5329EVB ColdFire MCF5329 eval board - needs network!

[Ben Warren]

On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 07:24 -0400, Robert S. Grimes wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Ben Warren wrote:
> > Yes.  Everything's polled.  No interrupt funny business.
> >   
> Thanks, that's quite comforting to know.
> > I worked a bit with a Coldfire (5328 I think) a couple of years ago and
> > remember that its Ethernet controller was very similar to the SCC/FCC/TSEC
> > controllers that you find on 68360 and PowerQUICC chips.  I have no personal
> > experience here, but I would wager that it's also pretty similar to the FEC on
> > the older MCF52x2 Coldfires.   Bottom line - this should be a cut & paste job. 
> > Look in cpu/bcf52x2/fec.c, cpu/mpc8xx/fec.c, ...
> >   
> That's what I would have thought, but I've heard this is not true, and
> I've seen some small differences myself.  I would like to know which
> ColdFire variant it is closest to, or that is is so different that I
> should not bother and start from scratch.
> 
I'm not saying they're identical, but the programming models are very
similar.  You should not have to start from scratch.  The best thing to
do is to download the datasheet for a chip that has a driver, and the
datasheet for your chip.  Compare the registers for the Ethernet
controllers.  You will see an eerie amount of similarity.  Sure, some of
the buffer descriptor bits may be different and the buffers may be in a
different memory, but that's small stuff.  

> I also grabbed Freescale's dBug sources last night, which has working
> drivers for the mcf532x.  Does anyone know if those are
> interrupt-driven?  (Yeah, I know, look at the source!  Just, if someone
> already knows...)
> > There's no point putting your BSP in the main tree until it's complete and
> > tested.  That said, you're always welcome to post code for review.  Just
> > clearly label it as such and be patient.
> >   
> Well, yes, there is a point - it would allow others to use it, or even
> better, work with me to improve it :-P .  But of course, your are right
> that it shouldn't be in the main tree until it is ready.  So if it is
> the operating convention here, I'm happy to comply. 
> 
> So what do I do?  Create a patch and post it?
> 
> Is that what all those "[PATCH]' messages are?  I had thought those were
> enhancements/fixes for existing code.
Messages with [PATCH] are exactly that - enhancements or bug fixes that
are intended for inclusion.  If you're looking for a code review, put
something like [RFC] in the subject.  There's no hard-and-fast rule,
just make it clear that you want feedback.

regards,
Ben

[U-Boot-Users] Port for M5329EVB ColdFire MCF5329 eval board -needs network!

[Liew Tsi Chung-r5aahp]

Robert,

I already have the port for MCF5329 with network controller. So far, I
have not updated to the Denx git server yet.

The cpu polling network is sufficient enough for bootloader. Once it is
in linux or other os, the network driver has to be interrupt base rather
than polling.

Regards,
TsiChung 

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Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Port for M5329EVB ColdFire MCF5329 eval board
-needs network!

Hi all,

I've been working on a port for the Freescale/LogicPD eval board with
the ColdFire MCF5329 microcontroller.  I've got it up and running from
flash and all.  No network yet - and I'm not sure how to proceed there.

It seems from an example or two that U-Boot network drivers are usually
fairly simple.  Is it true that a simple polled driver is sufficient?

I'd like to get Ethernet working, but I have more pressing concerns
right now, so I can't really spend a lot of time on it. However, I'd be
interested in working with others, and certainly would welcome a bit
more guidance; I haven't really found much in the way of an "Ethernet
Driver How-To", and I've looked.  Of course, I could have missed it...

On a different topic, I would like to submit my BSP.  I don't know how
interested people would be, given its current state - no Ethernet, and
frankly, not extensively tested.  I will be using it over the next few
months, so I'd expect these to improve, but it's probably not really
ready for formal inclusion.  What does one do in such situations?  What
is the process for new BSPs, especially incomplete "beta" versions?

Thanks for your time,
-Bob

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[U-Boot-Users] Port for M5329EVB ColdFire MCF5329 eval board - needs network!

[Thomas Jansson]

Hello!

On 14 jun 2007, at 04:14, Robert S. Grimes wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been working on a port for the Freescale/LogicPD eval board with
> the ColdFire MCF5329 microcontroller.  I've got it up and running from
> flash and all.  No network yet - and I'm not sure how to proceed  
> there.
> It seems from an example or two that U-Boot network drivers are  
> usually
> fairly simple.  Is it true that a simple polled driver is sufficient?

Yes it is sufficient. I have actually quite recently made a U-Boot  
port to the Cobra5329-board, working with flash, serial and ethernet  
network.. The whole package is not quite in a submittable state right  
now, but I will do it as soon as I find the time.

> I'd like to get Ethernet working, but I have more pressing concerns
> right now, so I can't really spend a lot of time on it. However,  
> I'd be
> interested in working with others, and certainly would welcome a bit
> more guidance; I haven't really found much in the way of an "Ethernet
> Driver How-To", and I've looked.  Of course, I could have missed it...

I could assemble a patch with the ethernet stuff pretty soon.

Best regards,
Thomas