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Date:      Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:04:12 -0700
From:      Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
To:        ticso@cicely.de
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SAM9G45 (was: sheevaplug boot from nandfs hangs)
Message-ID:  <1355619852.1198.98.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
In-Reply-To: <20121216000839.GS16564@cicely7.cicely.de>
References:  <op.wo8dciyp8527sy@212-182-167-131.ip.telfort.nl> <1355364418.87661.489.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <op.wpc9v5ew8527sy@212-182-167-131.ip.telfort.nl> <op.wpdc7xlc8527sy@212-182-167-131.ip.telfort.nl> <1355595537.1198.72.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <20121216000839.GS16564@cicely7.cicely.de>

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On Sun, 2012-12-16 at 01:08 +0100, Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:18:57AM -0700, Ian Lepore wrote:
> > Wow, this is all very familiar.  I had this exact situation a couple
> > months ago as I was trying to get freebsd running on my pico-sam9g45
> 
> You have a SAM9G45 running?
> 

Yeah, this board:  http://www.mini-box.com/pico-SAM9G45-X

The mci driver is stuck in "1 sector at a time" mode (slow) because all
the workarounds for the rm9200 errata seem to interfere with the new
less-buggy mci hardware.  I think I just need to write a new driver from
scratch for the new hardware rev.  I've also got ehci working for it.

I did some pretty ugly stuff in the at91 directory to get it going.  I
was just hacking to get it working, then I was going to work with Warner
to clean up what I had done and get it committed, but both his and my
lives got busy and nothing much has happened for 2 months now.  But it
does sit here on my desk running just fine (and notably not ever
crashing or anything).  Pretty much I've been using it when I need to
see a freebsd 10 manpage, but not much else. :)

I heard a rumor that the hardware guys at work are taking a look at
using a G45 for an upcoming project.  If that happens, that'll ensure a
better mci driver gets written.

If you need a patchset and are willing to deal with the ugly half-baked
nature of what I've got, just let me know.

-- Ian





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