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On 20:42 Fri 27 Jan , Heath Holcomb wrote: |
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> The specific part is Cirrus Logic EP9315, it's an ARM920T based chip. It has |
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> the SDRAM interface, flash interface (NOR), MAC (not PHY), and an MMU. |
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(SNIP) |
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> Any advice on this chip or any ARM would be nice. I plan on use embedded |
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> Gentoo as the base of our OS. The development board comes with CE 5.0 and |
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> Linux (Debian based). There is a lot of unknowns (how does Linux fit onto |
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> the NOR flash, what about the file system, etc...), so any help would be |
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> appreciated if anyone has done this before. |
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Yeah, it's nice. |
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I'm playing with other EP9315 SBC, too. (a.k.a Armadillo-9) |
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http://armadillo.atmark-techno.com/armadillo-9 |
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Unfortunately, it has only Japanese web pages. |
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But, this corporation published by some English PDF specification or so. |
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http://download.atmark-techno.com/armadillo-9/doc/armadillo9_hardware_manual_en-1.0.2.pdf |
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http://download.atmark-techno.com/armadillo-9/doc/armadillo9_software_manual_en-1.0.2.pdf |
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BTW, GAO Engineering provides like that SBC. |
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It's in "Enbedded Linux Boards" category in http://www.gaoengineering.com |
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And then, as you know, |
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"Unofficial Linux 2.6.x support for Cirrus EP93xx processors homepage" is. |
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http://members.inode.at/m.burian/ep93xx/ |
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> I'll also be adding a section to the how-to that deals with ARM based devices. |
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It would be nice. |
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I had my EP9315 SBC runs with Gentoo. |
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But now, it has GNU glibc based userland. |
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I'll play to uClibc based Gentoo on it. |
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