From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24173 invoked by alias); 8 Dec 2003 13:50:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 24163 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2003 13:50:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO msgdirector3.onetel.net.uk) (212.67.96.159) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 8 Dec 2003 13:50:57 -0000 Received: from miso.calivar.com ([213.78.72.187]) by msgdirector3.onetel.net.uk (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.6-GR) with ESMTP id BLQ65325; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:50:53 GMT Received: from miso.calivar.com (miso.calivar.com [127.0.0.2]) by miso.calivar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64E6D28DF45; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:50:49 +0000 (GMT) To: "Mike at VirginNet" Cc: References: <27782.203.200.40.199.1070861438.squirrel@www.jntu.net> <003c01c3bd72$23bb3a60$feda6751@imaging> <002601c3bd8e$73032ee0$93456551@imaging> From: Nick Garnett Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 13:50:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <002601c3bd8e$73032ee0$93456551@imaging> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: [ECOS] building RedBoot for a PC with an NIC other than 82559 or 82544 X-SW-Source: 2003-12/txt/msg00084.txt.bz2 "Mike at VirginNet" writes: > Hi, > > I have been trying to introduce the eCos 21443 ethernet driver into the PC > build of RedBoot. I tried working on the config of the RedBoot package in > configtool, but there doesn't seem to be a mechanism for importing an > existing device driver into a platform. > > I can imagine that there may well be some tailoring of the source code > necessary, given that the 21143 driver was presumably not developed for a pc > target. But there doesn't seem to be a defined process for it. > > Also I have picked up the NE2000 driver which was posted some time back, and > I've 'added' it to the i386 driver set, but there is no instruction on how > to add it to the pc platform. Presumably the same instructions will apply > here. The ususal mechanism for doing this is to add a new target in ecos.db. Take a look at how the i82544 PC driver is handled for an example. -- Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect http://www.ecoscentric.com The eCos and RedBoot experts -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://sources.redhat.com/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/ecos-discuss