Re: Open source IXP_NPE driver status

I've just added ixp4xx-npe_2.3.bb to the SlugOS OE repository (which
attempts to extract the latest microcode from the Intel 2.3 package).

The code is basically:

  gcc -I../include ixNpeDlImageConverter.c -o ixNpeDlImageConverter
  ./ixNpeDlImageConverter
  gcc mc_grab.c -o mc_grab
  ./mc_grab 010c0200 < IxNpeMicrocode.dat > NPE-B.010c0200

But I get an error from mc_grab saying that it can't get the microcode:

  Device: IXP425:NPE_B Func:  c Rev: 02.00 Size: 15572 bytes ID:010c0200
  Error reading  Microcode

Anyone got any ideas?

Once I can extract the microcode correctly, I'll add code to slugimage
to put it in the last block so that a userland mc_grab can get it from
there and install it.  Then we should be able to start alpha testing the
new open source ethernet driver.

-- Rod

Michael-Luke Jones wrote:
> In the past couple of minutes, I've managed to bring up the NSLU2's
> ethernet interface using an entirely open source driver without using
> Intel's Access Library.
> 
> My thanks go to Christian Hohnstaedt who coded the driver.
> 
> All of my patches to the OE tree are local at the moment, and I will
> clean them up as soon as possible and commit. A serial port is currently
> required to initialise the driver 'by hand'.
> 
> Much work yet to be done, but this is an encouraging first step.
> 
> Michael-Luke Jones (blaster8)



 
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