On Monday 07 November 2016 13:50:28 Peter C. Wallace wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 12:43:19 -0500
> > From: Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net>
> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
> >     <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] unbricking the pi
> >
> > On Monday 07 November 2016 10:02:02 Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> >> On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 04:26:21 -0500
> >>> From: Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net>
> >>> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
> >>>     <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> >>> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> >>> Subject: [Emc-users] unbricking the pi
> >>>
> >>> Greetings all pi players;
> >>>
> >>> Is there a key to be held down during boot that will give me the
> >>> effect of adding single to the kernel command line, effective
> >>> bypassing the login so I can stand a snowballs chance of running
> >>> raspi-config and undoing the dumbassed mistake I made?
> >>>
> >>> Then is there anything that can be done to make the wireless
> >>> keyboards work?  Wally didn't have any more of the logitech k-360,
> >>> so I bought an unknown "darkweb" that looks like a clone of the
> >>> k-360, but has a smaller numbpad with a touchpad under it, about
> >>> 2" wide by 1.35" high thats worthless as a full width stroke only
> >>> moves the mouse about an inch on the monitor screen.  And that is
> >>> still subject to the cold molasses motion.
> >>>
> >>> Second unrelated question, I see in the x86 /lib/modules tree,
> >>> 3 "*spi.ko" modules.  Can one of them do this spi over an epp
> >>> parport? Any documentation there may be, has never made it to
> >>> /usr/share/doc
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Or, if Peter can tell me how to reprogram this 7i90HD back to
> >>> accessing it via epp when it is now set for spi access? I am sold
> >>> on the plethora of I/O it can do and would like to be able to use
> >>> it on this lathe from an x86 box.
> >>
> >> There are 2 independent jumper selectable configs on the 7I90HD
> >> (see manual) I would always leave one config in EPP  mode. If you
> >> wish to reprogram the SPI config, you power cycle the 7I90HD with
> >> the jumper in the EPP position move the jumper back to the SPI
> >> position and then program whatever bit file you wish via EPP (never
> >> running mesaflash with the jumper in the EPP position)
> >
> > I'll check the book, I hope that is what I did...  If that is what I
> > did, I should find that jumper in the spi position NOW, right?
> >
> > Thanks Peter, I may do that, but with the plethora of spi bit files,
> > we users would sure love to see a human readable description of what
> > each one does as opposed to putting it in then booting up lcnc to
> > see what falls out, which on the pi is not in dmesg, so you have to
> > run linuxcnc -l >7i90_cap.txt, and print that to get a record of
> > what it has available in that bitfile.  The pdf only has 5 or so
> > examples, but there are 30 or more *spi*.bit files to choose from.
>
> You can get the pinout from mesaflash with the --readhmid option
> I'm pretty sure this works with the latest mesaflash if the in kernel
> SPI driver works (always a question...).
>
> > Perhaps you can tell me which of the 3 kernel *-spi.ko files will
> > turn the parport on an x86 mobo into an spi port?  That might be an
> > exploreable tunnel to poke about in, or would the epp version be
> > faster?
>
> I dont think there are any parallel port kernel SPI drivers
> so you need to flash SPI configs with a system with a working kernel
> SPI driver/SPI hardware (which is why I suggest leaving one config as
> EPP)
All jumpers are, and were "up".
>
> Peter Wallace
> Mesa Electronics
>
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