Re: StrongARM-based Intrinsyc Cerfboard and Compact Flash craziness

From: Marco Cavallini [KOAN] (infoNOSPAM_at_koansoftware.com)
Date: 11/01/05

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    >> We worked on a CerfBoard with SA1110 ;-)
    >> You have to switch to a more recent 2.4 kernel,
    >> I suggest you at least linux-2.4.27.
    >
    > Hi Marco,
    > Thanks for the info...the 2.4.9 kernel was the last one that was
    > "officially" provided by Intrinsyc, which is why we were trying to
    > stick with it. We did get a 2.4.18-based kernel up and running on our
    > SA1110 board yesterday after tweaking a few things. However, I don't
    > believe that this fixed our issues.

    Which rmk patch are you using ?

    > We can try to get to the 2.4.27
    > kernel...out of curiousity, how did you pick this kernel, other than
    > the fact that it is near the end of the 2.4.x series? Is there a
    > specific fix in 2.4.27 that you are aware of that fixed an issue you
    > had?

    I used 2.4.18 version years ago,
    and it fixed some issues,
    you can see release notes here
    http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/v2.4/
    I sent a patch in linux-2.4.27-vrs1
    but is for (Cypress USB host)

    If I remember well I solved CF problems upgrading Card Services.

    > Also, out of curiousity, since Intrinsyc apparently doesn't support
    > anything "officially" past 2.4.18 (and even that is only for
    > XScale-based boards), how did you go about building and patching your
    > kernel to get it to work? Did you just go to www.arm.linux.org.uk and
    > grab the appropriate kernel and patch it against Intrinsyc's updates?

    Get vanilla kernel-2.4.27 and the patch linux-2.4.27-vrs1 from
    www.arm.linux.org.uk

    BTW
    The most important thing is to switch to latest Card Services: 3.2.8

    HTH 

    -- 
Marco Cavallini
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