From: Dan Malek <dmalek@jlc.net>
To: Richard Hendricks <ra6353@email.sps.mot.com>,
linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Status of MPC823FADS port?
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:18:57 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37CFF4F1.774CA038@jlc.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 37CFECB2.9064DD78@email.sps.mot.com
Richard Hendricks wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I was just curious as to the status of the MPC823FADS port of
> LinuxPPC. I am interested in the video portion. I wrote the video demo
> driver on Motorola's website, and would love to help.
I don't recommend using any (F)ADS board with Linux/PPC. Trying
to set up the hardware and download a kernel is a horrible
experience. You spend all of your time creating development
tools and none of it developing any application software.
The quality control of (F)ADS boards seems poor as well. I have
spent weeks tracking down weird software bugs only to find some
hardware problem, usually out of spec signals on the board. I
use the board next to it and it works fine.
With high quality boards available from a variety of sources
today, there is no need for the agony of using a (F)ADS board.
I am working on some video interfaces for other 823 boards.
I have a bunch of LCD screens that I have to prove to work with
the 823.
I will keep you posted.
-- Dan
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1999-09-03 15:43 Status of MPC823FADS port? Richard Hendricks
1999-09-03 16:18 ` Dan Malek [this message]
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