Re: [ECOS] CS8900A

[Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>]

If you have eCos running on this board, RedBoot is just a step away.
Implementing RedBoot will get you (amonst other things):
  * Network downloading and debugging
  * FLASH image and configuration support

If this interests you, please feel free to contact me.  I'd be happy
to help.

On 31-Aug-2000 Shaun Jackman wrote:
> For development purposes we use a bunch of gibberish ESAs (MACs).
> 0x000102030405 is my personal favourite.
> (so if you get some internet trafic from said ESA, drop me an e-mail because
> something's gone terribly wrong)   ; )
> For production purposes, like others have said, you'll need to get an EUI
> from the IEEE.
> 
> On another (somewhat related) note...
> I have an EB40 (w/ AT91R40807, esentially identical to the 40400 with 136KB
> of internal memory instead of 4K) with a RT8019 etherchip (NE2k (NS8390)
> clone).
> There's a known issue with the packaged Angel monitor. I can't connect at
> faster than 9600, and debugging is *DEAD* slow. (read: over two minutes to
> get a 1k memory dump)
> My preferred plan is to get a Jeeni, but they're a little pricey (although
> right now I would shell out the bucks) and there's no stock!
> So, is there another monitor I could flash into it that isn't broken? (gdb
> stub, Cygmon, RedBoot, ...)
> If there isn't one ported already, and I actually find some time to start
> porting, which should I use? Where do I get the source? What's required to
> complete the port? A "RTF-FAQ reply" would be appreciated when acompanied
> with an URL.
> I have TCP/IP (over ethernet) working on my board. Would it be reasonable to
> consider using this for debugging rather than serial?
> 
> Cheers,
> Shaun
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carl van Schaik <carl@leg.uct.ac.za>
> To: Ecos Mailing List <ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com>
> Sent: Thursday, 2000 August 31 06.10
> Subject: [ECOS] CS8900A
> 
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> I have just got ecos running on my own design board using the AT91M40400
>> ARM processor. I have included  CS8900A ethernet chip and I was wondering
>> if anyone knows how to find it's MAC address. We need to add it to the
>> dhcp server before it is allowed to use the network here.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> Carl van Schaik   <carl@leg.uct.ac.za>
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