Hello John, On Tuesday 25 of March 2014 15:25:33 John Dallaway wrote: > On 25/03/14 12:34, Jerzy Dyrda wrote: > > > ... I have already brought up network interface on > > > > STM32F4DISCOVERY + DM-STF4BB (AFAIK this is original name of base > > board from Embest, now as I see it's called STM32F4DIS-BB). > > Great! Maybe we can work together to get ethernet support for this > platform added to the eCos repository. Of course. It's vital to add new stuff in order eCos can be still "useable".
> I think it would be preferable to define a new target such as > "stm32f4discovery_bb" in ecos.db which > includes the STM32 ethernet package. We can then make the necessary > changes within the platform HAL source code conditional on > CYGPKG_DEVS_ETH_CORTEXM_STM32. We need to bear in mind that some users > of the STM32F4-Discovery board may wish to wire up a different PHY > component rather than using STM32F4DIS-BB. OK. Best regards, jerzy 2014-03-25 16:25 GMT+01:00 John Dallaway <[email protected]>: > Hi Jerzy and Valentin > > On 25/03/14 12:34, Jerzy Dyrda wrote: > >> ... I have already brought up network interface on >> >> STM32F4DISCOVERY + DM-STF4BB (AFAIK this is original name of base >> board from Embest, now as I see it's called STM32F4DIS-BB). > > Great! Maybe we can work together to get ethernet support for this > platform added to the eCos repository. I think it would be preferable to > define a new target such as "stm32f4discovery_bb" in ecos.db which > includes the STM32 ethernet package. We can then make the necessary > changes within the platform HAL source code conditional on > CYGPKG_DEVS_ETH_CORTEXM_STM32. We need to bear in mind that some users > of the STM32F4-Discovery board may wish to wire up a different PHY > component rather than using STM32F4DIS-BB. > > John Dallaway > eCos maintainer > http://www.dallaway.org.uk/john -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
