[ECOS] Ecos on the Technologic Systems - TS7300

[Austin, Brian]

Ok.

Sounds good. I'll get that done this week.

Regards,
Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Thomas [mailto:gary@mlbassoc.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 3:39 PM
To: Austin, Brian
Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [ECOS] Ecos on the Technologic Systems - TS7300

Austin, Brian wrote:
> What do you guys need me to do to release the code?
> 
> Add copyright notices to all the files I patch?
> 
> Push it into a GIT tree?

http://ecos.sourceware.org/assign.html

All files touched by the patch will need to comply to this
and copyright be assigned to the FSF.  Once this is done,
we can merge it into the tree.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Pagliughi [mailto:fpagliughi@mindspring.com] 
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 1:27 PM
> To: Gary Thomas
> Cc: Austin, Brian; James Bewley; ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com; Mike
> Nelis
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] Ecos on the Technologic Systems - TS7300
> 
> Gary Thomas wrote:
>> Austin, Brian wrote:
>>   
>>> Yes.
>>>     
>> Please don't top-post :-(
>>
>>   
>>> Have you tried building for an EP9302?
>>>     
>> He'd have to get the eCos sources from Cirrus Logic.  James, have
>> you explored this?
>>
>> Also, can you get the sources to TSBOOT?  That would help your
>> cause quite a lot.
>>
>>   
>>> Did it build ok?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org
>>> [mailto:ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org] On Behalf Of James
>>> Bewley
>>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:11 PM
>>> To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com; Mike Nelis
>>> Subject: [ECOS] Ecos on the Technologic Systems - TS7300
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm interested in getting ecos running on the TS7300 SBC, although
it
>>> currently looks like this board is unsupported.  So without getting
>>> too far into the ecos code to port it i've been compiling redboot
>>> using several configs, one for TS7250 and more generic configs based
>>> around the Cirrus logic EP9302 arm.
>>>
>>> Has anyone managed to get ecos/redboot running on this SBC or even
> the
>>> EP9302?
>>>
>>> I'm interested in getting redboot on this board as it currently only
>>> has TSBOOT, a very limited bootloader supplied by TS.  I have
however
>>> been using TSBOOT to load redboot into ram and executing it from
>>> there.
>>>
>>> This board lacks JTAG or any other ICE interface so i guess my main
>>> priority at the moment it to get some output from COM1 for
debugging.
>>>
>>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> James Bewley
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>   
> I got a port (minus Ethernet, which I didn't need) on the TS-7200 when

> it first appeared around 4 yrs ago. The lack of JTAG makes it a little

> painful, but it's do-able. That board used Redboot, so there was a
good 
> starting point. Contact Technologic to see if they ported Redboot
before
> 
> switching to the Linux quick-boot. If not, compare the Redboot ports
for
> 
> the other Technologic boards to see how their hardware tends to differ

> from the Cirrus eval board(s).
> 
> I couldn't submit my port because it was based on the Technologic
code, 
> which was based on the Cirrus code. I tried to rally Cirrus to submit 
> their port, but got no response.  I eventually just handed my port to 
> Technologic, hoping they could resolve it. I gather Cirrus made 
> significant improvements to their port in the intervening years.
> 
> But Brian Austin works for Cirrus. Right? Any news, Brian?
> 
> - Frank
> 
> 
> 


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