[ECOS] Re: eCos PCI problem and NEC vrc4373 build option.

[Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour@redhat.com>]

Ling Su wrote:
> 
> Could you please tell me what snapshot you exactly use for free, or I need
> to pay some money for the answer? :-)

We have our own commerically supported and verified versions of gcc/gdb
etc.
 
> Another question I have is, is there any documents on what improvement has
> been done on a specific platform (like NECvrc4373)? I checked the NEWS in
> the new cvs release, it doesn't give me a clear idea on what exact will
> appear on the vrc4373 platform. For example, the Redboot can not be applied
> now on vrc4373. How about the network support for vrc4373 then? It does have
> a DEC ethernet chip on PCI bus.

Not on the roadmap yet - no-one is paying us to work on it, and as far as I
know, no-one on the net is doing anything.

So the only things in the NEWS file of relevance to the vrc4373 are the
generic items. But there's still quite a lot of those!
 
> BTW, I remeber I asked you another question last time,  if I plug a PCI card
> in one of the PCI slots, why the pci1.exe test program can not find it and
> display some Vendor information, I tried the code you send to me, it doesn't
> work, either. Any clue?

Ah, I sent you a reply but the list wasn't CC'd. Whatever.
 
> I do want to pay something for a technical support, but I just wonder if the
> support quality can compare with the experts as you on the list. :)

Hah. Well, for a start I would answer all your mails rather than sometimes
not having time and leaving them. And we'd give you tools certified to work
with eCos so these problems would have been behind you ages ago!

Jifl
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