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Re: RedBoot for Intel IXP425 platform
- From: Grant Edwards <grante at visi dot com>
- To: eric_sy_huang at wneweb dot com dot tw
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 09:23:27 -0500
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot for Intel IXP425 platform
- References: <48256D36.000816A7.00@TWWNCDS1.WNEWEB.COM.TW>
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:26:31AM +0800, eric_sy_huang@wneweb.com.tw wrote:
> After RedBoot booted, the followed linux kernel was loaded, and
> the ixp425_eth.o used by linux kernel to initial ethernet, and
> the ethernet function worked. Maybe I am innocent, but I
> think... since we have the ixp425_eth source code for linux
> kernel patch provided by Intel to handle non-PCI situation, can
> we port the source code to RedBoot to enable ethernet function?
In theory, yes. How easy the port is depends a lot on the
design of the Linux ethernet driver. Whether it gets done or
not depends on how badly somebody wants it.
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Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com
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