From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23618 invoked by alias); 16 Jun 2011 13:38:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 23509 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Jun 2011 13:38:10 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net (HELO elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net) (209.86.89.69) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:37:39 +0000 Received: from [68.114.62.146] (helo=[192.168.0.5]) by elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1QXClM-0004AN-C9; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:37:36 -0400 Message-ID: <4DFA071F.4060504@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:38:00 -0000 From: Frank Pagliughi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110428 Fedora/3.1.10-1.fc14 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Eigelaar CC: John Dallaway , eCos Development List Subject: Re: eCos on AT91SAM9 - call to action References: <4D809BF2.6040205@dallaway.org.uk> <4D8208F0.5010500@kses.net> In-Reply-To: <4D8208F0.5010500@kses.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 4d82f965df0f6dd9e3f977c6d1ea408f0a9da525759e26541597f0f385695824ed758609991613ba1a036a86675380a6350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-devel-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-devel-owner@ecos.sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-06/txt/msg00005.txt.bz2 On 03/17/2011 09:13 AM, John Eigelaar wrote: > On 16/03/2011 13:16, John Dallaway wrote: >> All >> >> There has been a lot of delay in getting AT91SAM9 support into the eCos >> repository. Far too much delay. I think the best way forward now is to >> focus on Evgeniy Dushitov's contribution (port for AT91SAM9263) >> initially: >> >> http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000819 >> >> This seems sensible because: >> >> a) The patches themselves are well abstracted. >> b) Some people are already using these patches as a baseline for >> further AT91SAM9 ports. >> c) There is support for running this port under QEMU, allowing >> wider testing. >> >> I would like to invite everyone with an interest in AT91SAM9 support for >> eCos to add themselves to the CC list for bug 1000819 and contribute to >> the review process. Let's make this a community effort. >> >> John Dallaway >> eCos maintainer >> http://www.dallaway.org.uk/john > John > We, Keystone Electronic Solutions, have already done a Redboot port > for the AT91SAM9X512 and AT91SAM9260 devices based on Evgeniy's > patches if anybody is interested. I have no idea as to how up to date > our patch is but I will be will to provide our source if anybody is > interested. > > I have also used the port to build some test applications for these > devices but nothing enterprise level yet. We use the Redboot port as > boot loader for our Linux platforms. > > I have a personal copyright assignment for eCos, but will probably > need a blanket company wide in order to contribute this work. > > Regards > John Eigelaar > Hey All, What's the latest news on the AT91 chip sets? From Bugzilla it appears that there will be some reshuffling. I've been away from eCos for a few years, but am looking to start a project with a legacy AT91 then hopefully move it to a SAM3 in a few months. Has anyone started work on the SAM3's? How can I help? Frank