cs8900 chip usage

Chris Johns cjohns at cybertec.com.au
Thu Nov 2 10:22:26 UTC 2000


Peter Mueller wrote:
> 
> I want to know if anybody has used the cs8900 chip from cirrus. It is a
> real single chip solution for ethernet (driver and ram on-board).
> Because the chip only requires 8 data lines, 4 address lines (i/o
> based), read and write  and irq it seems to be an ideal candidate for
> use in embedded systems.
> 
> Any experience out there interfering this chip with rtems?
>

We are using it. Works well. You can find the driver in My Right Boot at
:

 ftp://www.cybertec.com.au/pub/mrb/snapshots/
 
Look in `kernel/rtems/drivers/net'. I have a newer version which I am
yet to test and release which supports more than one device. We use it
with a Coldfire.

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 Chris Johns, mailto:cjohns at cybertec.com.au mailto:ccj at acm.org



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