From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3EF9CB72.7030808@esteem.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:18:58 -0700 From: Conn Clark MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cedric_aubert@yahoo.fr Cc: May Ling List Subject: Re: (Sudo off topic)Simple cheap IDE intrerface for IBM 405 References: <20030625070637.16435.qmail@web41812.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030625070637.16435.qmail@web41812.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Cedric Aubert wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Chris Zimman >>Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:50 AM >>Subject: Re: (Sudo off topic)Simple cheap IDE intrerface for IBM 405 >> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 03:17:24PM -0700, Conn Clark wrote: >>controllers from surplus suppliers, either should work fine. > > > Hi > > For information, what is the cheap simple IDE interface for the MPC8xx > that you talk about ? > > Thanks > > Cedric > > > > There is a way to hook up an IDE interface to the PCMCIA interface of the Motorola 8xx family of processors. The code for controling it is in the sourcefile /drivers/ide/ide-m8xx.c . I think that there is more info on it in the PPCBoot/U-Boot source code. Enough people are doing it that it made it in the kernel so there must be documentation some where. Hope this helps, Conn -- ***************************************************************** If you live at home long enough, your parents will move out. (Warning they may try to sell their house out from under you.) ***************************************************************** Conn Clark Engineering Stooge clark@esteem.com Electronic Systems Technology Inc. www.esteem.com ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/