* Ocotea board? @ 2007-10-23 18:13 Jeff Mock 2007-10-23 20:36 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2007-10-24 17:09 ` Jeff Mock 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Jeff Mock @ 2007-10-23 18:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linuxppc-dev, linuxppc-embedded Is the Ocotea board (the original 440GX eval board) still interesting? I'm wrapping up a project using the 440GX, I started out hacking on the Ocotea board to get started, but we moved off Ocotea long ago onto our own hardware. I'm cleaning up the lab now that the project is nearly finished and I would like to give the board to someone that will put it to good use. I've sponged off this mailing list quite a lot, it's about time I give a little something back. The board has been hacked a little bit but still works fine. I just powered it up and it happily booted Linux via TFTP. The boot ROM now has u-boot, the original PIBs (or whatever) is long gone. All I ask is that you're self-sufficient and don't bug me too much about it... Can someone recommend a good home? Otherwise it will wind up in storeroom purgatory. jeff ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Ocotea board? 2007-10-23 18:13 Ocotea board? Jeff Mock @ 2007-10-23 20:36 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2007-10-23 21:18 ` Josh Boyer 2007-10-24 17:09 ` Jeff Mock 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt @ 2007-10-23 20:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jeff Mock; +Cc: linuxppc-dev, linuxppc-embedded On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 11:13 -0700, Jeff Mock wrote: > Is the Ocotea board (the original 440GX eval board) still interesting? > I'm wrapping up a project using the 440GX, I started out hacking on the > Ocotea board to get started, but we moved off Ocotea long ago onto our > own hardware. > > I'm cleaning up the lab now that the project is nearly finished and I > would like to give the board to someone that will put it to good use. > I've sponged off this mailing list quite a lot, it's about time I give a > little something back. Well, the ocotea has an interesting "feature" related to the way the ethernet PHY an EMAC interact which I haven't dealt with in the new EMAC driver at this stage. I -think- the Taishan I have may have the same issue though, in which case I won't need it, but if not, I could have good use (or Josh in Rochester) for one of these. > The board has been hacked a little bit but still works fine. I just > powered it up and it happily booted Linux via TFTP. The boot ROM now > has u-boot, the original PIBs (or whatever) is long gone. All I ask is > that you're self-sufficient and don't bug me too much about it... > > Can someone recommend a good home? Otherwise it will wind up in > storeroom purgatory. > > jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Ocotea board? 2007-10-23 20:36 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt @ 2007-10-23 21:18 ` Josh Boyer 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Josh Boyer @ 2007-10-23 21:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: benh; +Cc: linuxppc-dev, Jeff Mock, linuxppc-embedded On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:36:11 +1000 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel•crashing.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 11:13 -0700, Jeff Mock wrote: > > Is the Ocotea board (the original 440GX eval board) still interesting? > > I'm wrapping up a project using the 440GX, I started out hacking on the > > Ocotea board to get started, but we moved off Ocotea long ago onto our > > own hardware. > > > > I'm cleaning up the lab now that the project is nearly finished and I > > would like to give the board to someone that will put it to good use. > > I've sponged off this mailing list quite a lot, it's about time I give a > > little something back. > > Well, the ocotea has an interesting "feature" related to the way the > ethernet PHY an EMAC interact which I haven't dealt with in the new EMAC > driver at this stage. > > I -think- the Taishan I have may have the same issue though, in which > case I won't need it, but if not, I could have good use (or Josh in > Rochester) for one of these. Hardware is always welcome. I actually care about 4xx so if Ben doesn't want it then I'm sure I could find a good home... josh ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Ocotea board? 2007-10-23 18:13 Ocotea board? Jeff Mock 2007-10-23 20:36 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt @ 2007-10-24 17:09 ` Jeff Mock 2007-10-24 18:55 ` Charlie Ashton 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Jeff Mock @ 2007-10-24 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linuxppc-dev, linuxppc-embedded Thanks for all of the replies, it's nice to hear that the 440GX isn't obsolete yet... A relatively arbitrary decision, but I'm going to send the Ocotea board to Josh. jeff Jeff Mock wrote: > Is the Ocotea board (the original 440GX eval board) still interesting? > I'm wrapping up a project using the 440GX, I started out hacking on the > Ocotea board to get started, but we moved off Ocotea long ago onto our > own hardware. > > I'm cleaning up the lab now that the project is nearly finished and I > would like to give the board to someone that will put it to good use. > I've sponged off this mailing list quite a lot, it's about time I give a > little something back. > > The board has been hacked a little bit but still works fine. I just > powered it up and it happily booted Linux via TFTP. The boot ROM now > has u-boot, the original PIBs (or whatever) is long gone. All I ask is > that you're self-sufficient and don't bug me too much about it... > > Can someone recommend a good home? Otherwise it will wind up in > storeroom purgatory. > > jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* RE: Ocotea board? 2007-10-24 17:09 ` Jeff Mock @ 2007-10-24 18:55 ` Charlie Ashton 2007-10-24 23:18 ` Jeff Mock 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Charlie Ashton @ 2007-10-24 18:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jeff Mock, linuxppc-dev, linuxppc-embedded The AMCC 440GX processor is by no means obsolete. There are more customers for this processor every month. There is a new, comprehensive evaluation kit called "Taishan" (http://www.amcc.com/Embedded/evalkits/440GX_PB_1_04.pdf), which AMCC provides to customers and partners. "Ocotea" is a board that was originally designed and used for processor validation purposes. Regards, Charlie -----Original Message----- From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+cashton=3Damcc.com@ozlabs•org [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+cashton=3Damcc.com@ozlabs•org] On = Behalf Of Jeff Mock Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:10 PM To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org; linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org Subject: Re: Ocotea board? Thanks for all of the replies, it's nice to hear that the 440GX isn't=20 obsolete yet... A relatively arbitrary decision, but I'm going to send the Ocotea board to Josh. jeff Jeff Mock wrote: > Is the Ocotea board (the original 440GX eval board) still interesting? > I'm wrapping up a project using the 440GX, I started out hacking on=20 > the Ocotea board to get started, but we moved off Ocotea long ago onto > our own hardware. >=20 > I'm cleaning up the lab now that the project is nearly finished and I=20 > would like to give the board to someone that will put it to good use. > I've sponged off this mailing list quite a lot, it's about time I give > a little something back. >=20 > The board has been hacked a little bit but still works fine. I just=20 > powered it up and it happily booted Linux via TFTP. The boot ROM now=20 > has u-boot, the original PIBs (or whatever) is long gone. All I ask is > that you're self-sufficient and don't bug me too much about it... >=20 > Can someone recommend a good home? Otherwise it will wind up in=20 > storeroom purgatory. >=20 > jeff >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >=20 _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded -------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, = is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains = information that is confidential and proprietary to Applied Micro = Circuits Corporation or its subsidiaries. It is to be used solely for = the purpose of furthering the parties' business relationship. All = unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If = you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply = e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Ocotea board? 2007-10-24 18:55 ` Charlie Ashton @ 2007-10-24 23:18 ` Jeff Mock 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Jeff Mock @ 2007-10-24 23:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Charlie Ashton; +Cc: linuxppc-dev, linuxppc-embedded Well, I suppose that it was really just a little poke to see if anyone from AMCC reads the mailing list :) No offense intended. The 440GX worked out great for my project, a new spectrometer for the radio telescope in Arecibo. There are 14 of these boxes running in parallel at the telescope. We got good performance out of the 440GX in all respects with no major hangups during development. jeff Charlie Ashton wrote: > The AMCC 440GX processor is by no means obsolete. There are more > customers for this processor every month. There is a new, comprehensive > evaluation kit called "Taishan" > (http://www.amcc.com/Embedded/evalkits/440GX_PB_1_04.pdf), which AMCC > provides to customers and partners. "Ocotea" is a board that was > originally designed and used for processor validation purposes. > > Regards, > Charlie > > -----Original Message----- > From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+cashton=amcc.com@ozlabs•org > [mailto:linuxppc-embedded-bounces+cashton=amcc.com@ozlabs•org] On Behalf > Of Jeff Mock > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:10 PM > To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org; linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org > Subject: Re: Ocotea board? > > Thanks for all of the replies, it's nice to hear that the 440GX isn't > obsolete yet... A relatively arbitrary decision, but I'm going to send > > the Ocotea board to Josh. > > jeff > > > Jeff Mock wrote: >> Is the Ocotea board (the original 440GX eval board) still interesting? > >> I'm wrapping up a project using the 440GX, I started out hacking on >> the Ocotea board to get started, but we moved off Ocotea long ago onto > >> our own hardware. >> >> I'm cleaning up the lab now that the project is nearly finished and I >> would like to give the board to someone that will put it to good use. >> I've sponged off this mailing list quite a lot, it's about time I give > >> a little something back. >> >> The board has been hacked a little bit but still works fine. I just >> powered it up and it happily booted Linux via TFTP. The boot ROM now >> has u-boot, the original PIBs (or whatever) is long gone. All I ask is > >> that you're self-sufficient and don't bug me too much about it... >> >> Can someone recommend a good home? Otherwise it will wind up in >> storeroom purgatory. >> >> jeff >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linuxppc-embedded mailing list >> Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org >> https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded > -------------------------------------------------------- > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contains information that is confidential and proprietary to Applied Micro Circuits Corporation or its subsidiaries. It is to be used solely for the purpose of furthering the parties' business relationship. All unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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