Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-07 Thread erik quanstrom
> > What about emulating a usb-ethernet device in software? (Assuming the > > beagle board's usb interface can operate in gadget mode as opposed to host > > mode.) The Linux kernel does a good job of emulating a usb ethernet device, > > I use it extensively. I rather assumed the Bitsy port had t

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-07 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:36:31 +0100 Ethan Grammatikidis wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 23:50:14 -0400 > erik quanstrom wrote: > > > On Mon Jul 6 19:41:36 EDT 2009, jrm8...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM, ron minnich wrote: > > > > I just ported the linux driver > > > > > > I

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-07 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 23:50:14 -0400 erik quanstrom wrote: > On Mon Jul 6 19:41:36 EDT 2009, jrm8...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM, ron minnich wrote: > > > I just ported the linux driver > > > > I'm interested in how hard this is, and how it might be made easier. > > that d

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-07 Thread Nick LaForge
> unfortunately x86 cannot be beat, if the object of the game is > price/performance the object of the game is price and power. Performance doesn't factor, notwithstanding that the terminal must drive 1024x768 vga. Nick

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread Dan Cross
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM, ron minnich wrote: > OK, be warned, the ether driver in that tree is not very good. I just > ported the linux driver over and then ran out of time to do much more. I'm curious When I first heard about the BeagleBoard a couple of years ago, my first thought was,

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread erik quanstrom
> I'm curious When I first heard about the BeagleBoard a couple of > years ago, my first thought was, "terminal." However, then I heard > that there was no builtin ethernet and one had to use a USB<->Ethernet > bridge. This seemed unsatisfactory to me, but was in keeping with the > spirit of

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread erik quanstrom
> Thank you for the Beagleboard information. I have a need for driving > a small vga lcd with a low-power arm board. The intent is to replace > my ailing terminal, a thinkpad 600e. I had previously assumed the > latest Gumstix board would serve this purpose, I believe which is more > expensive.

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread erik quanstrom
On Mon Jul 6 19:41:36 EDT 2009, jrm8...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM, ron minnich wrote: > > I just ported the linux driver > > I'm interested in how hard this is, and how it might be made easier. that depends. i've found that porting a driver or working backwards from an e

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread J.R. Mauro
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM, ron minnich wrote: > I just ported the linux driver I'm interested in how hard this is, and how it might be made easier.

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread ron minnich
OK, be warned, the ether driver in that tree is not very good. I just ported the linux driver over and then ran out of time to do much more. ron

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread Nick LaForge
>> Thank you for remembering to find this, it will be of great help to me! > > which board/cpu are you targeting? I really like that beagleboard. > > ron The TS-7200 Technologic board, the exact board in your port, I believe. The intent is to use it to netboot other machines. Also of interest is

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread ron minnich
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Nick LaForge wrote: > Thank you for remembering to find this, it will be of great help to me! which board/cpu are you targeting? I really like that beagleboard. ron

Re: [9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread Nick LaForge
> found what is likely the latest version lying on my laptop from over > two years ago and dumped it in > sources in ts7200.tar > > I got excited by the beagleboard again ... > > ron Thank you for remembering to find this, it will be of great help to me! Nick

[9fans] my ts7200 port

2009-07-06 Thread ron minnich
found what is likely the latest version lying on my laptop from over two years ago and dumped it in sources in ts7200.tar I got excited by the beagleboard again ... ron