On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 10:16 -0800, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > Actually we started a 7I43 with Luminary Micro ARM Ethernet interface CPU > back > in May or so but custom work kept me from finishing it. I will start again > soon. > > As John says the real problem is getting realtime Ethernet support on the EMC > host. > > As I said before maybe the way to ease into this is just support 1 or a few > Ethernet chips, and require the user to have a add-in PCI/PCIe Ethernet card > with the required chip.
This sounds like just the right approach. We should pick a PCI ethernet card with a chip we can work with and begin developing a HAL driver so that when you get the ethernet version of the 7I43 working we have a way to begin testing. Any thoughts on a specific card to begin testing with? Rayh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
