Microcode patching

[Kári Davíðsson]

I can deffinitly recomend the driver Joakim sent here. Works much better than the stock driver.

K.D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joakim Tjernlund [mailto:joakim.tjernlund at lumentis.se]
> Sent: 8. nóvember 2002 15:56
> To: Christian Schroeder; linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org
> Cc: reklies at mazet.de; linz at mazet.de
> Subject: RE: Microcode patching
>
>
>
> Hi
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've got a question regarding the mpc8xx microcode patches in
> > arch/ppc/8xx_io/micropatch.c. We do need usb host mode, i2c and
> > ethernet operation at the same time. As I understood, i can't load
> > the microcode patches for usb sof generation and iic/spi together,
> > because they "live" at the same address. Now my question:
> What occurs
> > if I don't load the ii2/spi patch. I do need the usb sof timing, but
> > does the i2c-Interface work without the iic/spi patch ? As I read on
> > the motorola webserver, the iic/spi is needed for
> concurrent operation
> > of scc ethernet and i2c. Does i2c work correctly without
> the patch if
> > I don't use ethernet ?
>
> I2C will work fine without I2C microcode patch if you don't
> use ethernet on SCC1
>
> Also, I submitted a new i2c-algo-8xx.c driver to this list
> about 2 weeks ago. It contains
> sevral bug fixes and improvements. It's not in linuxppc BK
> yet, but I think it will be soon.
>
>     Jocke
>
>


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