From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14656 invoked by alias); 28 Jan 2008 15:41:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 14646 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Jan 2008 15:41:11 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from 204-133-123-27.dia.static.slbbi.com (HELO mail.chez-thomas.org) (204.133.123.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:40:52 +0000 Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id 6D29F195026A; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:40:50 -0700 (MST) Received: from hermes.chez-thomas.org (hermes_local [192.168.1.101]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF34A1950226; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:40:47 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <479DF77F.4000106@mlbassoc.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:41:00 -0000 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dileep Kumar CC: ecos-discuss@sourceware.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] ethernet driver for eCos X-SW-Source: 2008-01/txt/msg00188.txt.bz2 Dileep Kumar wrote: > Hi All, > Could you please tell me what are the things to taken into account > while writting a code for ethernet driver, > the underlying processor is MPC8555 and the board is WiMAX. > Is the code is different for different board and different processor.? > First of all, the 8555 uses FreeScale's TSEC (Triple Speed Ethernet Controller) which is completely different from any of the network drivers in the public CVS. Writing such a driver is not special for the architecture, per se, but rather so for the device itself. You'll also need a PowerPC HAL for the 85xx series of CPU chips. This is also not in the public CVS and is radically different from any that are (you asked privately about starting from the 8260 code - the 82xx and 85xx are pretty far apart and you'll end up writing most everything over anyway) -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss