RE: 2 Ethernet port operating in a PPC405EP system

Hi,

I know my source code is vert old. But since there are lots of
applications developed base on this 2 sets of source code, if the kernel
and U-Boot needs to change, the above applications (tons of codes) also
need to revise ... (lots of multimedia players, drivers, and other
supporting tools). My team cannot afford such great change.

So I say "update is not recommended" ...=0D

Thanks for your quick reply.

Best regards,
Lo Chun Chung

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=0D
Sorry for such long e-mail.

Actually it's not so long...

I am now working on a STB project, and our board is a IBM PPC405EP=0D
with 2 ethernet ports. U-Boot 1.0.0 and linux 2.4.20 (from MontaVista)

is used and update is not recommended. Each ethernet port has a=0D
RTL8021CP PHY connected.

... as reading stops here. Both U-Boot 1.0.0 and Linux 2.4.20 are not
only old, they are ancient. Zillions of smaller and bigger bugs  have
been fixed since. Do yourself a favour and use current code.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:17:20PM +0800, Chun Chung Lo wrote:

I know my source code is vert old. But since there are lots of
applications developed base on this 2 sets of source code, if the kernel
and U-Boot needs to change, the above applications (tons of codes) also
need to revise ... (lots of multimedia players, drivers, and other
supporting tools). My team cannot afford such great change.

So I say "update is not recommended" ...

Hopefully your product will say:

"buy this product is not recommended" :)

Don't repeat the same mistake as the MediaMVP, it uses the same
processor and same kernel version, it sucks badly...

-otto

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 01:23:03PM -0500, Otto Solares wrote:

Don't repeat the same mistake as the MediaMVP, it uses the same
processor and same kernel version, it sucks badly...

FWIW, MediaMVP doesn't use the same processor. It has an
STBx25xx which is quite different from a 405EP. It is
the same 405 core at least.

-Matt

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:19:03PM -0500, Matt Porter wrote:

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 01:23:03PM -0500, Otto Solares wrote:

quoted

Don't repeat the same mistake as the MediaMVP, it uses the same
processor and same kernel version, it sucks badly...

FWIW, MediaMVP doesn't use the same processor. It has an
STBx25xx which is quite different from a 405EP. It is
the same 405 core at least.

You're right.  And kernel is 2.4.17 not 2.4.19 as I stated.

-otto