Eurotech ISIS

[Chris Johns]

On 3/10/2010 10:00 AM, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> On 03/09/2010 04:40 PM, Matt Rippa wrote:
>> Hi Joel -
>>
>> Thanks. I was hoping for this kind of answer. I haven't used
>> rtems on this architecture before. I'd like to boot RTEMS from
>> flash if possible and use an ATA disk or PXE as backup.
>>
> That should be possible. I assume you can install
> grub on it somehow and then just copy RTEMS onto
> that. But this is always the type of thing that is easy
> to describe and the devils in the details of implementing.
>
> Booting via PXE is a known quantity and easy to do.
>
> Booting from hard disks using grub is also.
>
> So it is just a matter of working out the details with
> your Flash.

The flash is connected to the IDE controller so this is an IDE disk and 
supported by the standard RTEMS ATA driver. I would use grub to boot 
RTEMS. It is just a matter of working out the detail.

This is a nice board.

>> The NIC is an Intel 82551IT. It's interfaced to the PCI bus
>> provided by the Tundra Tsi381 PCIe/PCI bridge.
>>
> We would have to know the PCI Id to be sure but
> i82551 is supported in the libbsdport. I used it
> on a Winsystem board myself.
>
> FWIW helping work out these type of details is
> what we do using the RTEMS Application Assistance
> arrangement. Works well for solving specific issues
> on demand.

Adding Atom power management would be nice.

Chris

>
> --joel
>> Thanks,
>> -Matt
>>
>>
>> On 03/09/2010 10:58 AM, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>>> On 03/09/2010 02:49 PM, Matt Rippa wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone worked with RTEMS on the ISIS PC104 board from
>>>> Eurotech? http://www.eurotech.com/en/products/ISIS
>>>>
>>>> We're looking into this for a new data acquisition project.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Looks like just a PC with the normal PC type issues.
>>>
>>> + How do you plan to boot it? PXE?
>>>
>>> + What is the PCI Id of the NIC? Probably an Intel
>>> NIC and the libbsd port kit should support it.
>>>
>>> + The NAND flash I will leave to Chris. I think this is an
>>> issue if you want to write to the filesystem from
>>> RTEMS.
>>>
>>> + The GPS is special and will require some code.
>>>
>>> Nice looking board overall. But still just a PC and
>>> we just have to examine the peripherals.
>>>
>>> --joel
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Matt
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