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Re: Custom hardware?


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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