Subject: Re: Ebony bootloader

From: Matt Porter <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 08:10:21 -0700

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:33:17AM -0700, Khai Trinh wrote:
> Matt,
>
> Thanks for the info. I have a follow up question. I am
> trying to understand this whole embedded development
> in general and not really a Linux specific question.
> Are the board specific IO code setup to tell the
> kernel the presence of the individual peripheral
> devices on its bus (ie: the EBC0)? After that, a

Correct.  This is for cases where we want to write
a driver that is shared across multiple core and
board implementations.

> driver is required for each device attach to the EBC0?

Correct.

> Is this driver a driver communicates to the EBC0 or a
> driver communicates to the device thru the EBC0 device
> memory map? Or my whole understanding is out of whack?

It is a standalone kernel driver for the device connected
via the EBC.  There is no "driver" for the EBC itself.

Regards,
--
Matt Porter
[email-masked]
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