PSC in UART mode on TQM5200S

Leopold Stotch l.butterz at gmail.com
Wed Sep 19 17:40:07 EST 2007


Thank you for the answer, Wolfgang !
Yes, we made a custom board which implements UART's
instead of USB, keyboard, mouse and others...
I checked the baudrate and i think it's ok.
Can you tell me, please, is there any HOWTO about MPC5200's
PSC's reconfiguration or something for newbies ?


On 9/19/07, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> In message <53b5d6e90709180313n7ef053ddqfb771f44d9bd44ef at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> >
> > So changed $HOME/linuxppc_2_4_devel/arch/ppc/platforms/tqm5200.h
> > the following way:
>
> Well, you have to unserstand *exactly* what the CPU and the board are
> doing - the MPC5200 has multiplexed pins, and if you select one
> function you lose a few others, so you must carefully check for
> conflicts. Probably you will have to disable some other functions.
> Also you have to usnerstand what the board is designed like - some
> ports have specific and reserved functions.
>
> Finally, there are such things like wrong baud rate on a serial port
> which may make you think it's not working while you are just using bad
> user mode settings.
>
> > Is it possible to reconfigure all PSC's as UART's ?
>
> Yes, it is. But you have to know what you are doing.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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Best regards,
Leopold Stotch


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