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Message-ID: <20070213162057.GC15227@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:20:57 +0000
From: Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
To: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc: Raphael Assenat <raph@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add PCI device ID for IT8152 RISC-to-PCI chip
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:47:28AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 03:30:29PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:16:33AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > > There doesn't seem to be very many
> > > arm systems with PCI, so it's hard to tell.
> >
> > NetWinder, EBSA285 (which the NetWinder is a derivative of), the N2100,
> > etc are PCI based and are all well proven in the field.
>
> Which PCI controller do they use?
NetWinder and EBSA285 are DC21285 (footbridge). The N2100 is IOP32x
based. As for gluing a PCI bridge to something not designed for PCI
(eg, a PXA255) I can't comment.
> > (I did consider replacing the Promise UDMA card, but the IT821x card
> > I bought to replace it didn't have all the pins on the chip soldered
> > down - to the extent that even a PC couldn't recognise the PCI card.
> > So I'm running on the assumption that the self-repaired Promise UDMA
> > card is all round going to be more reliable than the as yet unproven
> > IT821x card.)
>
> And they shipped a card in that state?
Indeed. :(
--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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