From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30592 invoked by alias); 29 Aug 2007 19:08:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 30580 invoked by uid 22791); 29 Aug 2007 19:08:36 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from exprod6og56.obsmtp.com (HELO exprod6og56.obsmtp.com) (64.18.1.208) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:08:30 +0000 Received: from source ([63.240.6.47]) (using TLSv1) by exprod6ob56.postini.com ([64.18.5.12]) with SMTP; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:08:17 PDT Received: from 172.16.1.243 by mail.Mi8.com with ESMTP (- Welcome to Mi8 Corporation www.Mi8.com (D1)); Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:08:39 -0400 X-Server-Uuid: 0764DD54-627B-4C45-B37D-789FBDEDA467 Received: from MI8NYCMAIL14.Mi8.com ([172.16.1.194]) by D01SMTP04.Mi8.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:08:39 -0400 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:08:00 -0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <46D5C242.3010405@mlbassoc.com> From: "Scott Moore" To: "Gary Thomas" cc: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org, "Steve Gaskill" X-WSS-ID: 6ACB1BBD2X411726171-08-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes 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] Notification of changes required for CPU support X-SW-Source: 2007-08/txt/msg00164.txt.bz2 >How similar are the processor(s), apart from the interrupt handling differ= ence you've pointed out? >My preference would be to keep the tree as it is and add a CDL option whic= h describes the processor. >The code you've pointed to can then have conditional support based on this= CDL. Precedent for this >would be the PowerPC (e.g. not all 8xx processors are the same, but they a= re close enough to have a >common HAL) and SH (again a myriad of variants) Have a look at how those H= ALs handle this. Once you >have something that works, propose it on ecos-patches and we can discuss m= aking these changes to the=20 >common CVS. Well, I don't have ecos running on the MCB2300 as yet, but the processors a= ppear to be very similar, and besides the interrupt changes there is only a clocking setup c= hange. There are some changes for the MCB2300 as well, so I suspect a different MCB2300 directory= is justified. Scott Moore Powerfile Inc. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.762 / Virus Database: 510 - Release Date: 9/13/2004 =20 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.762 / Virus Database: 510 - Release Date: 9/13/2004 =20 -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss