From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp6.netcologne.de (smtp6.netcologne.de [194.8.194.26]) by bilbo.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BBEBB6F1E for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:22:59 +1000 (EST) Received: from antares (xdsl-78-34-247-251.netcologne.de [78.34.247.251]) by smtp6.netcologne.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDDE52A0558 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:13:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from antares (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antares (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 987DABA167 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:13:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:13:53 +0200 From: Albrecht =?iso-8859-1?b?RHJl3w==?= Subject: Re: MPC5200/BestComm functions question To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org In-Reply-To: (from grant.likely@secretlab.ca on Sat Sep 12 16:01:35 2009) Message-Id: <1252858433.3337.2@antares> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="=-eJvUJp7Jd7nJm7n39cPZ" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --=-eJvUJp7Jd7nJm7n39cPZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 12.09.09 16:01 schrieb(en) Grant Likely: > I've actually got a better driver which exports an API for doing =20 > local plus bus FIFO transfers. It's been posted to the mailing list =20 > a couple of times. I'll cc: you the next time I post it (real soon =20 > now). Thanks a lot, that will be really helpful! :-) > Bestcomm can do that, but Freescale has not publically released the =20 > bestcomm documentation, and they do not support writing custom =20 > bestcomm tasks. From what I understand there are a number of hidden =20 > bugs in the bestcomm engine which you could run into if you deviate =20 > from the provided tasks. You're very much on your own if you go down =20 > that route. :-( I see - that's a pity, shifting those tasks to a "coprocessor" sounds =20 like an attractive idea! BTW, I didn't forget about the 5200 GPT/WDT issue, I just didn't have =20 the time yet to implement it. The old work vs. what I would like to do =20 conflict, but I will try to find a reasonable solution. Thanks, Albrecht. --=-eJvUJp7Jd7nJm7n39cPZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBKrRpBn/9unNAn/9ERAohEAJ0aytmFy4ol2HnzSWMguvKRVXTLMACglNOA UEpUL1DvgrEmd6zJheCB4zc= =DGb/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-eJvUJp7Jd7nJm7n39cPZ--