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Re: [ts-7000] Re: NetBSD drivers

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: NetBSD drivers
From: Doug Sutherland <>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:29:23 -0400

Andrew wrote:

 > Is there support for PC/104 PCMCIA controllers on Linux?

Yes, I have used several different PC/104 PCMCIA controllers on Linux, 
all worked fine,
but that was on x86. They appear as regular ISA devices to the kernel 
(just as any
other PC/104 card). I have noticed that the TS-7000s don't have all of 
the PC/104 pins.
Read page 27 of the TS-2700 product manual, it indicates its a subset of 
the PC/104
bus. According to the manual, the missing pins are only for legacy 
devices, but I have
to question that since there is lots of PC/104 stuff floating around. 
Anways, check
the manual for the PC/104 PCMCIA module and see if it only requires the 
64 pins on the
single connector (match the pinouts with the TS-7200 manual). Every 
PC/104 stack I have
ever used has the other set of 40 pins (64 + 40 = PC104). All PC/104 
PCMCIA boards I
have seen  have 104 pins (64+40).

 > Or is there support for mini-PCI controllers on either NetBSD or Linux?

Yes, again mini-PCI looks just like PCI, at least on x86 it does. Have 
used miniPCI
ethernet, wireless, audio, and video.

 > We need a powerful 802.11b card for use with TS-7250. Unfortunately,
 > USB models are weak. PCMCIA and mini-PCI are much better.

I don't see a miniPCI slot on the TS-7250. Usually a PC/104 CPU board 
will be 16-bit
ISA expansion only, while PC/104+ will be 32-bit PCI. I have seen some 
PC104 carriers
that have dual miniPCI slots on them, but they're surely 32-bit and 
therefore likely
PC/104+ (not compatible with PC/104).

I have no idea if the same drivers for these ISA PC104 devices will 
compile on Arm.
Hopefully somebody else can shed some light on that. I'm just now 
switching towards
Arm after long usage of PC/104 x86 embedded boards.

  -- Doug





 
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