From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3C6D08DC.9070104@capflow.com> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:10:52 +0100 From: Laurent Pinchart MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dan@embeddededge.com Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: SCC or SMC for console ? References: <3C6BF3B1.2040906@capflow.com> <3C6BFF02.5070905@embeddededge.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Reply-To: laurent.pinchart@capflow.com Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: > > >> I need 4 serial ports at runtime, and was wondering if I should rather >> use 2SMC + 2SCC or 4 SCC (or 1SMC + 3SCC). > > Always use SCCs for real work and the SMC for console and other low > speed things (like connected to low bit rate TDM). 4 SCC then, and 1 SMC for console. Both SMC1 and SMC2 I/Os are available on the design (I only need serial ports + FEC ethernet). I'd like to use 2 serial ports for RS232 (should be really straightforward), and the other 2 for RS485 (with of course no flow control). Is there something I should know ? Laurent Pinchart ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/