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Re: Custom hardware?
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at ecoscentric dot com>
- To: "Schumacher, Gordon" <gordon_schumacher at maxtor dot com>
- Cc: "'ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com'" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 18 Oct 2002 12:24:58 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Custom hardware?
- References: <E836CBDA0DC0D5118606009027DE2A0C983BE4@mcoexc02.mlm.maxtor.com>
On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 12:18, Schumacher, Gordon wrote:
> Please help a new user here :)
>
> I'm trying to get eCos set up for a custom StrongARM-based board we have in
> house. It's *loosely* based on Assabet, but is missing a bunch of the stuff
> Intel's put on that board, and, more importantly, has a different memory
> layout - both at different addresses, and a different kind/width of RAM.
>
> I'm guessing I need to use the 2.0 code, since 1.3.1 doesn't appear to have
> any support at all for the StrongARM. I'm also guessing that I need to make
> a new template based on Assabet. Is there any kind of documentation at all
> on how to go about such a thing? I'm kind of lost as to where to even
> start!
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions here?
>
You should probably start by cloning the Assabet platform. Definitely
go with the latest CVS. Details of how to make such a port can be found
at http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/docs-latest/porting/index.html
Alternatively, there are a number of places where you can get
professional [i.e. paid] help for this task.
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