From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0c1bc96da7b1bfe53510959b69e8b07b@9netics.com> References: <67b4fb8b76d32f954fd53fd84d757a66@plan9.bell-labs.com> <0c1bc96da7b1bfe53510959b69e8b07b@9netics.com> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:58:49 -0700 Message-ID: From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd72a542ac32a04867cacea Cc: geoff@plan9.bell-labs.com Subject: Re: [9fans] arm ports update Topicbox-Message-UUID: 20a97ece-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd72a542ac32a04867cacea Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Ok, now I have to google for guruplugs... On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> wrote: > 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. > > > --000e0cd72a542ac32a04867cacea Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ok, now I have to google for guruplugs... =A0

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Skip Tavakkolian &l= t;9nut@9netics.com> wrote= :
thank you!

the two guruplugs i had ordered arrived today. =A0i 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. =A0booting(8) n= ow
> has the necessary instructions to get started. =A0They are more divers= e
> 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. =A0We have two Guruplugs and one<= br> > has been stable but the other is prone to random resets (and runs much=
> warmer than the Sheevaplugs). =A0I'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<= br> > suspect with nand flash. =A0flash(3) describes the interface. =A0It se= ems
> to work on the Kirkwood boards, but I haven't exercised it
> extensively. =A0It does implement software ECC. =A0/dev/flash looks li= ke
> 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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