RE: Stability of MontaVista's 2.4.0-test2-1.2.2-1

["Ron Bianco" <ronb@junction.net>]

Check out:

http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/teksupport/tools/DINK32/VERSION12/dinkindex.htm

Most of DINK source code is easily downloadable, and the full source is obtainable thru a Motorola rep.
Not sure if that link is to the most current version.

Cheers, Ron

> -----Original Message-----

> > Anyway, I have another question.  In the header from
> > arch/ppc/kernel/sandpoint_setup.c,I see the following comment:
> >  * The firmware on the sandpoint is called DINK (not my acronym :).  This
> > port
> >  * depends on DINK to do some basic initialization (e.g., initialize the
> > memory
> >  * ctlr) and to ensure that the processor is using MAP B (CHRP map).
> >
> > Since I don't really have a Sandpoint, and I don't have the DINK which
> > comes with it, I guess I will run into trouble.
> > Is there a place where I could find info on what I should do I exactly as
> > far as initialization goes?!?
>
> No, I don't know of any place you can go that would tell you what you have to
> init.  You could look at some of the open source firmwares that are out there
> which should give you a good idea.  If you have a JTAG probe, you can put it
> on a board similar to yours with known good firmware and look the host-bridge
> regs, etc to how it sets everything up.  I dunno...
>
> You will definitely need to have the PCI arbiter, power mgmt, memory
> controller, and certain bits in HID0 and L2CR (if you have an L2 ctlr on your
> processor) all set up correctly.  Maybe some board regs too.
>
> Mark
>
>
>

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