From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 22:18:29 -0700 From: Matt Porter To: "Todd C. Larsen" Cc: LinuxPPC Embedded Subject: Re: LinuxPPC running on an EST SBC740 board? Message-ID: <20000805221829.A20430@beef.az.mvista.com> References: <00b201bffe42$7dd12b60$1a0210ac@r2d2> <20000805075902.A1324@cx258813-a.chnd1.az.home.com> <009301bfff55$c9c09dd0$2424010a@r2d2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <009301bfff55$c9c09dd0$2424010a@r2d2>; from tlarsen@openbits.net on Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 08:24:09PM -0700 Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 08:24:09PM -0700, Todd C. Larsen wrote: > Matt, > > Thanks for the suggestion, but I've got some custom hardware that > I'm trying to find a close match for, and it has an MPC106 PCI > bridge/memory controller. The EST SBC740 board has an MPC106 as > well. Also, many PReP reference boards and PowerPC VME boards > (except for those from MCG, which use the Raven, etc.) use the > MPC106, so I'm hoping LinuxPPC running on one of these will be > similar. EST is probably the way to go in your case then. A shame considering theu are WindRiver. :-/ Oh, FYI, a non-reference platform that matches your custom hardware is the SBS Denali board (http://www.sbs.com). It has a 740 and 106 bridge with a DEC21x4x and DEC21554 in a cPCI form factor. > The IBM boards use PCI bridge chips specific to IBM, as far as I > can tell. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong... The CPC700 is no more specific to IBM than the MPC105/6/7 are specific to Motorola. I've worked on on boards with Raven/Hawk's, MPC105/6/7, Galileo, CPC710, and CPC700. The IBM bridges are by far the most versatile bridges on the open market (Raven/Hawk aren't available except on an MCG board). I'm seeing a lot of boards now becoming available with the CPC700. About the only thing missing is a DMA engine which its cousin, the CPC710, does have. Good luck, -- Matt Porter MontaVista Software, Inc. mporter@mvista.com ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/