From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <37CFF4F1.774CA038@jlc.net> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:18:57 -0400 From: Dan Malek MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Hendricks , linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Status of MPC823FADS port? References: <37CFECB2.9064DD78@email.sps.mot.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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 ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/