[Avila] Driver for CF card slot on gw2348-4

[Daniel Gregorek]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:34:25 -0500
Nathan Wharton <naw at greptar.com> wrote:

> I think that for the SATA driver you need 0.7.1.
> For 0.7.1 to work, you need a redboot that passes the new machine ID.
> (unless, like you did, you added support for the old machine ID)
> 
> Just because it says redboot 2.04 does not mean it passes the new ID.
> The way to check is 'dmesg | grep Machine'
> Old: Intel IXDP425 Development Platform
> New: Gateworks Avila Network Platform
> 
> If you are getting the old ID and you want to use the SATA driver, 
> you'll have to add the SATA stuff that is in avila-setup.c to 
> ixdp425-setup.c.
> 
> You could also jtag to a redboot that passes the new ID.

Jolly good, at last it works without touching the jtag cable.
After some snipping the ixdp425_init now runs the avila pata resources.

Regards,
Daniel


> 
> Daniel Gregorek wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:04:34 -0700
> > Chris Lang <clang at gateworks.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Daniel,
> >>
> >> This is fodder left over from the no longer supported IDE CF Driver.
> >> There is a newer driver that is available for the CF that is by far
> >> better and can be selected under the following options...
> >>
> >> -> Device Drivers
> >>   -> Serial ATA
> >>     -> ATA Device Support 
> >>       -> IXP4XX Compact Flash Support
> >>
> >> FYI, it is selected by default.
> > 
> > Hmm, it seems the default configuration does not work very well for me.
> > I have at least to select the IXDP425 (Richfield) System Type to
> > get a bootable system at all. (Shouldn't be?)
> > 
> > In fact thats another issue, because even the kernel from 
> > http://bsp.gateworks.com/0.7.1/tftpboot/
> > seems not to work on the board (the 0.6.1 version does).
> > 
> > Maybe i'm missing something, but it seems to me that configuring the
> > kernel for the Richfield board somehow overrides the Avila settings so
> > there is no access to the CF card via the SATA driver.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Daniel
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Chris Lang
> >> Gateworks Corporation
> >> 3026 S. Higuera, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
> >> Ph: 805-781-2000 Fax: 805-781-2001
> >> Email: clang at gateworks.com
> >> Web: www.gateworks.com
> >>
> >> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 13:23 +0200, Daniel Gregorek wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> i got a question about using the CF card slot on the gw2348-4 board. 
> >>> The corresponding IDE driver released with BSP 0.7.1 sends a lot of
> >>> unsightly messages to the console. For example while booting (dmesg
> >>> output attached) or executing 'mount','ls'. Using the serial line is
> >>> quite inconvienent because of this. Are there known bugs or is it
> >>> overall save to use the driver?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Daniel Gregorek
> >>>
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> >>
> > 
> > 
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