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Re: [ts-7000] Re: 2.6.29-ts kernel source available

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: 2.6.29-ts kernel source available
From: "Breton M. Saunders" <>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:45:52 +0100
Charles wrote:
> Hi --
>
> --- In  "bulkoboy11" <> wrote:
>   
>> Brett
>>
>> Try "512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd". The 2.6.29 ep9302 driver may 
>> have fixed some issues. I'm streaming data through it and haven't noticed 
>> any problems.
>>
>> Ian T.
>>
>> --- In  "Breton M. Saunders" <breton.saunders@> 
>> wrote:
>>     
>>> bulkoboy11 wrote:
>>>       
>>>> --- In  "Breton M. Saunders" 
>>>> The second ethernet port on the 7300 is provided through the FPGA using 
>>>> "open-eth" verilog code. A Linux driver is required for it and exists for 
>>>> the 2.4 kernel. The latest mainline kernel contains code for the open-eth 
>>>> driver but some work needs to be done to make it work on the 7300.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>> Hi Ian,
>>>
>>>   Cool thanks for clarifying that. 
>>>   I guess its down to digging in the ep9302 ethernet driver....
>>>
>>>     Cheers,
>>>
>>>     -Brett
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Ian T. 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <breton.saunders@> wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>>>> bulkoboy11 wrote:
>>>>>     
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I've been using "512mbsd-7400-linux2629-lenny-eabi.dd" on the ts7300 for 
>>>>>> months. It has a 2.6.29 kernel and supports the SD card.
>>>>>> The only thing I need is the open-eth driver, which has appeared in 
>>>>>> 2.6.31 and I'm thinking of backporting it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Interesting - what is the open-eth driver?
>>>>>
>>>>> Im running into problems with the ethernet driver crapping out 
>>>>> unexpectedly in 2.6.27.
>>>>>           
>
> Which one is locking up: built-in ep93xx ethernet or the second port using 
> the FPGA?
>   
Its the ep9302 one; I should have been more clear.
> If it is the ep93xx port, this post:
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/10980
>   
> refers to some patches for the ep93xx ethernet port that were supposed to be 
> headed upstream.  A quick look at 2.6.28 doesn't show them there yet, and 
> Mathieu still carries one or both of them in his patchset (atm, latest is 
> 2.6.29.1):
> http://mcrapet.free.fr/
>
> Good to hear, btw, that vanilla 2.6.31 carries a driver for the FPGA ethernet 
> port.  If it's stable, the 7300 just became a little more attractive for a 
> firewall.
>
>   
Fantastic!  I'll check into those right now.

Cheers,

    -bms



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