Re: [9fans] arm ports update

[David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>]

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Awesome!  Looks like the big one can do 2x GigE and some home automation
stuff.  Sounds like good fun for Plan 9.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com> wrote:

> In the sheeva you can access the Jtag through the usb port...
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> -
> Curiosity sKilled the cat
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> G.
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> On May 13, 2010, at 6:48 PM, Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> wrote:
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>  thank you!
>>
>> the two guruplugs i had ordered arrived today.  i was disappoint to
>> find that i'll need to order the JTAG board before i can do anything.
>> i didn't see this requirement when i ordered them over a month ago.
>> did anyone else miss this?
>>
>>  The kw port now supports the Guruplug Server Plus, including both
>>> Ethernet interfaces, and probably the other Guruplugs.  booting(8) now
>>> has the necessary instructions to get started.  They are more diverse
>>> than one might like because every version of u-boot we get for a new
>>> board seems to have had the dhcp, bootp and tftp commands tinkered
>>> with to behave slightly differently.  We have two Guruplugs and one
>>> has been stable but the other is prone to random resets (and runs much
>>> warmer than the Sheevaplugs).  I'd be interested in hearing from
>>> anyone else who sees random resets.
>>>
>>> I've imported the flash memory support from native Inferno, other than
>>> the flash translation layer, which was developed for nor flash and is
>>> suspect with nand flash.  flash(3) describes the interface.  It seems
>>> to work on the Kirkwood boards, but I haven't exercised it
>>> extensively.  It does implement software ECC.  /dev/flash looks like
>>> it always returns zero bytes on the igepv2 board, but lack of
>>> documentation makes it a little hard to tell what to expect.
>>>
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