Re: maverick-crunch queries

On the contrary, I found that the kernel worked for both softfloat and 
maverick-enabled userspace binaries. The results I had support the 
theory too, because of the speed of encoding mp3's. It jumped from 
several minutes to a matter of seconds I believe.

Although my problem was userspace related - I didn't compile the glibc 
with the -D _MAVERICK_ use flag the first time I ran the 'lame' binary. 
Then I had to recompile glibc and lame, and it worked like a charm.

At the time, there were still floating point paranoia tests that weren't 
passed, but I've heard that some patches exist which fix many of those 
problems - I've heard but I haven't seen the patches myself.

If you want step-by-step instructions to build your own maverick 
toolchain, kernel, & userland, then follow these:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_TS72xx_Single_Board_Computer

Cheers,

Chris

Ahmed Ammar wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am currently working on some QEMU patches to add support for the
> EP93xx (and the ts-7200 board) I have had some general success but this
> is far from complete. My main issue is the Maverick-Crunch FPU and some
> question to see if anyone has had the same experience.
> 

Re: maverick-crunch queries

On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 19:41 -0400, Christopher Friedt wrote:
> On the contrary, I found that the kernel worked for both softfloat and 
> maverick-enabled userspace binaries. The results I had support the 
> theory too, because of the speed of encoding mp3's. It jumped from 
> several minutes to a matter of seconds I believe.

You mis-understand me I am not asking about user-space I was asking
specifically about the kernel. 

You also didn't answer about which patch-set you use?

Best Regards,

crossdev-wrappers openrc patch

Hello,

I have attached a small patch for the wrappers to fix compatibility with
openrc.

-- 
Ahmed Ammar (b33fc0d3 [at] gentoo.org)

--- crossdev-wrappers-20080622.ebuild.orig	2008-06-22 23:21:58.000000000 +0300
+++ crossdev-wrappers-20080622.ebuild	2008-08-04 09:25:00.000000000 +0300
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 src_unpack() {
 	unpack ${A}
 	cd "${S}"
+
+	if has_version 'sys-apps/openrc' ; then
+		epatch "$FILESDIR"/${PN}-openrc-fix.patch
+	fi
 }

 src_compile() {

---
/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/crossdev-wrappers-20080622/work/crossdev-wrappers/cross-fix-root	2008-06-19
07:56:02.000000000 +0300
+++ /usr/bin/cross-fix-root	2008-08-04 09:18:17.000000000 +0300
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@
 fix_pc_files ${CROSS_ROOT}

Re: crossdev-wrappers openrc patch

On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 09:29 +0300, Ahmed Ammar wrote:
> I have attached a small patch for the wrappers to fix compatibility with
> openrc.

/etc/init.d/functions.sh always exists and points correctly for
baselayout-1 and OpenRC. You should not have to reference einfo by full
path either.

Thanks

Roy

Re: crossdev-wrappers openrc patch

On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 07:51 +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 09:29 +0300, Ahmed Ammar wrote:
> > I have attached a small patch for the wrappers to fix compatibility with
> > openrc.
> 
> /etc/init.d/functions.sh always exists and points correctly for
> baselayout-1 and OpenRC. You should not have to reference einfo by full
> path either.

for openrc einfo isn't in the user path so it must be called
explicitly. /etc/init.d/functions.sh might be a good shout though.

Regards,

Re: crossdev-wrappers openrc patch

On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 10:49 +0300, Ahmed Ammar wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 07:51 +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 09:29 +0300, Ahmed Ammar wrote:
> > > I have attached a small patch for the wrappers to fix compatibility with
> > > openrc.
> > 
> > /etc/init.d/functions.sh always exists and points correctly for
> > baselayout-1 and OpenRC. You should not have to reference einfo by full
> > path either.
> 
> for openrc einfo isn't in the user path so it must be called
> explicitly. /etc/init.d/functions.sh might be a good shout though.

The act of sourcing /etc/init.d/functions.sh puts einfo into $PATH :)

Thanks

Roy

Re: crossdev-wrappers openrc patch

On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 09:00 +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 10:49 +0300, Ahmed Ammar wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 07:51 +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 09:29 +0300, Ahmed Ammar wrote:
> > > > I have attached a small patch for the wrappers to fix compatibility with
> > > > openrc.
> > > 
> > > /etc/init.d/functions.sh always exists and points correctly for
> > > baselayout-1 and OpenRC. You should not have to reference einfo by full
> > > path either.
> > 
> > for openrc einfo isn't in the user path so it must be called
> > explicitly. /etc/init.d/functions.sh might be a good shout though.
> 
> The act of sourcing /etc/init.d/functions.sh puts einfo into $PATH :)

Indeed, slow day =)

Regards,

Embedded NaiKit For Sale

Normally we don't use this list to promote vendors or sell shit. But a
friend of mine has an extra NailKit for sale (50% off Retail). 
http://www.tincantools.com/product.php?productid=16143

I think he's trying to raise a little extra cash for school supplies for
his KIDS and he is asking a fair price. So I figured I'd pass the word
along to this list as ppl from time to time ask for suggestions into
what to buy when starting out with embedded things. 
It's ARM. Fun. Unbreakable. Upstream support is awesome. Schematics are
fully open. I own one. So it's fully supported at Gentoo.

If anybody is interested you can contact me and I'll make an e-intro.
Or Chime in here and he can contact you. (tip buying stuff from an
embedded genius/guru is nearly always a good call) I'd buy it off of him
but as noted I already own one..

Re: Embedded NaiKit For Sale

Ned Ludd wrote:
> Normally we don't use this list to promote vendors or sell shit. But a
> friend of mine has an extra NailKit for sale (50% off Retail). 
> http://www.tincantools.com/product.php?productid=16143
>
> I think he's trying to raise a little extra cash for school supplies for
> his KIDS and he is asking a fair price. So I figured I'd pass the word
> along to this list as ppl from time to time ask for suggestions into
> what to buy when starting out with embedded things. 
> It's ARM. Fun. Unbreakable. Upstream support is awesome. Schematics are
> fully open. I own one. So it's fully supported at Gentoo.
>
> If anybody is interested you can contact me and I'll make an e-intro.
> Or Chime in here and he can contact you. (tip buying stuff from an
> embedded genius/guru is nearly always a good call) I'd buy it off of him
> but as noted I already own one..
>
>   

I like the idea, but they seem a tad expensive when you can get nice 
(but larger) boards like PCEngines Alix for a little over half the price?

Not critiquing, but I need a smallish board for an embedded mailserver 
project and have looked around for various things which fit the bill.  
Alix seems best bang for buck so far?

Ed W

Re: Embedded NaiKit For Sale

On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 06:30:30PM +0100, Ed W wrote:
> >NailKit
..

> I like the idea, but they seem a tad expensive when you can get
> nice (but larger) boards like PCEngines Alix for a little over half
> the price?

I love the ALIX boards but don't think they are really competing with
tiny ARM systems like the NailKit.

> Not critiquing, but I need a smallish board for an embedded
> mailserver project and have looked around for various things which
> fit the bill.
> Alix seems best bang for buck so far?

Depends on your planned traffic load. The Geode LX is cool and all,
and has decent performance, but it is in no way a throughput monster.

<shameless plug>
If you're going to get an ALIX board I can recommend replacing the
BIOS with coreboot for a completely open source system. There is good
support for a few ALIX boards. http://coreboot.org/
</plug>

//Peter