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From: moore@free•fr (Chris Moore)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: Marvell Orion5x boards with PCIe, and DT conversion
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 04:48:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5348A96D.7060909@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53480402.5030101@free.fr>

Hi Thomas,

Le 11/04/2014 17:02, Albert ARIBAUD a ?crit :
> Le 11/04/2014 15:57, Thomas Petazzoni a ?crit :
>>
>> I am contacting you because you are all maintainers/contributors to
>> Marvell Orion5x boards supported in the Linux kernel.
>>
>> I am currently converting the mach-orion5x to the Device Tree. I have
>> two Orion5x boards, so I was able to test most of the interfaces myself.
>>
>> However, one interface I'm not able to test is the PCI Express one, and
>> therefore I wanted to let you know if one of you still has a working
>> Orion5x board that has a PCI Express interface that is actually usable.
>>
>> Note that Orion5x SOCs have both a classical PCI interface and a PCI
>> Express interface. On one of my board, I have the classical PCI
>> interface, so I can easily test this. However, I don't have a board
>> with the PCI Express interface.
>>
>> Moreover, I will be sending in the near future a set of patches
>> converting many of the boards to the Device Tree, so if you still have
>> those boards and are willing to test the conversion, it would be very
>> useful.
>
> I'll gladly test these patches on my faithful Orion ED Mini V2. Not 
> sure if it uses PCIe, but I suspect it does not.
>
> How does this play out with U-Boot? I mean, I know that you can 
> produce a kernel which embeds the device tree and will load without 
> U-Boot knowing anything about them, but OTOH, U-Boot has some support 
> for DTs, and could possibly use the DT files too.
>

I have a Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo in the cupboard.
I have never hacked it but I believe it is based on Orion5x.
If I can find an active serial port on the motherboard, I could test it.

Like Albert, I also have a LaCie EDmini V2, but he, being a U-Boot 
expert and more familiar with DT, is probably better qualified to test it.

Unfortunately I am pretty sure that neither uses a PCI or PCIe bus.

Cheers,
Chris

  reply	other threads:[~2014-04-12  2:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-11 13:57 Marvell Orion5x boards with PCIe, and DT conversion Thomas Petazzoni
2014-04-11 15:02 ` Albert ARIBAUD
2014-04-12  2:48   ` Chris Moore [this message]
2014-04-13 16:58     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-04-13 16:55   ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-04-13 17:36 ` Alexander Clouter

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