From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.173]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D5842BDA0 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 00:22:31 +1100 (EST) Received: from [212.227.126.208] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Cci5V-0005x1-00 for linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:25 +0100 Received: from [217.228.214.86] (helo=[192.168.1.10]) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Cci5U-0004gx-00 for linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:25 +0100 Message-ID: <41B97BC7.3000200@anagramm.de> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:34:47 +0100 From: Clemens Koller MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org References: <20041210015932.A3B692BDA0@ozlabs.org> <200412100845.14486.g.jaeger@sysgo.com> In-Reply-To: <200412100845.14486.g.jaeger@sysgo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Subject: Re: video card for Lite5200 List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hello, Tony! >> I have successfully boot Linux 2.4.22 on my Lite5200 Evaluation Boar= d with the ELDK. but when I want to use PCI slot for the video card,somet= hing goes wrong. The whole board loses supply of electricity. And i take = the video card out ,the board is still ok. So i change to put RTL81390 ne= twork card into PCI slot. The same thing happen. >> The video card i have tried : >> S3 Trio64V >> Trident TGUI9680 >> S3 ViRGE/DX Don't use old (5V only) cards, the S3 drivers might be unmaintained for=20 your platform, too. If you want to integrate video into your final system, you might want to check out some embedded solutions. >> Then I ask the Freescale support, they tell me that these board can = operate in 5V slot only, While the PCI slot on Lite5200 only offers 3.3V.= These days though I search much information about vedio card. I still do= n't which card can fit Lite5200.And I knew that the new CoralP PCI video = card can support Lite5200. Can I get it from market? Anyway I really worr= y about this, so I turn here and ask your help.and I really appreciate yo= ur help! thanks a lot! (There was something wrong with my mailbox,I could= not receive the letters these days.So I post it again)=20 >> Best Regards, =20 >> Tony Wang >>=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80=E3=80=80= stcwang@163.net >=20 >=20 > first of all, you need to take care of the PCI cards you use. As the Fr= eescale support and=20 > also the manuals say: "Only 3.3V compliant PCI cards". In the meantime = there are quite a lot > of burned-out boards because of "wrong" cards. > Next problem with the PCI bus on this board is, that because of some ti= ming issues not all=20 > cards will be detected, so it'll be hard to find a video card, that mat= ches these requirements. > The only card that I know, which seems to work AND is somehow supported= is a CORAL-P evaluation=20 > board from Fujitsu. But this one is rather expensive.=20 > I tried also and old Nvidia Riva 128 card, which was detected correctly= , but is not > initialized correctly by the framebuffer driver. > > Regards, > Gerhard > Yes, the Fujitsu Coral P should work also. I use a Silicon Motion Inc. SM501 Voyager GX PCI Demo Board right now=20 which is supposed to work with all the embedded systems. You can get that board for about EUR 495.- in Germany. I am currently working on the framebuffer drivers for the Voyager on=20 PPC. Things seem to make good progress, here (there is an image on=20 screen :-). There is also an Epson or Asilient solution for embedded=20 systems, maybe you can check that also. YMMV Best greets, --=20 Clemens Koller _______________________________ R&D Imaging Devices Anagramm GmbH Rupert-Mayer-Str. 45/1 81379 Muenchen Germany http://www.anagramm.de Phone: +49-89-741518-50 Fax: +49-89-741518-19