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-By Thomas.Lange@corelatus.se 2003-10-06
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+By Thomas.Lange@corelatus.se 2004-Oct-05
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-DbAu1000 is a development board from AMD containing
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-an Alchemy AU1000 with mips32 core.
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+DbAu1xx0 are development boards from AMD containing
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+an Alchemy AU1xx0 series cpu with mips32 core.
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+Existing cpu:s are Au1000, Au1100, Au1500 and Au1550
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Limitations & comments
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Limitations & comments
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-I assume that you set board to BIG endian!
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-Little endian not tested, most probably broken.
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+Support was originally big endian only.
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+I have not tested, but several u-boot users report working
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+configurations in little endian mode.
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I named the board dbau1x00, to allow
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I named the board dbau1x00, to allow
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support for all three development boards
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support for all three development boards
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-some day ( dbau1000, dbau1100 and dbau1500 ).
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+( dbau1000, dbau1100 and dbau1500 ).
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+Now there is a new board called dbau1550 also, which
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+should be supported RSN.
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-I only have a dbau1000, so all testing is limited
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-to this board!
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+I only have a dbau1000, so my testing is limited
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+to this board.
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The board has two different flash banks, that can
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The board has two different flash banks, that can
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be selected via dip switch. This makes it possible
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be selected via dip switch. This makes it possible
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to test new bootloaders without thrashing the YAMON
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to test new bootloaders without thrashing the YAMON
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-boot loader deliviered with board.
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+boot loader delivered with board.
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+NOTE! When you switch between the two boot flashes, the
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+base addresses will be swapped.
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+Have this in mind when you compile u-boot. TEXT_BASE has
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+to match the address where u-boot is located when you
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+actually launch.
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Ethernet only supported for mac0.
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Ethernet only supported for mac0.
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-Pcmcia only supported for slot 0, only 3.3V.
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+PCMCIA only supported for slot 0, only 3.3V.
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-Pcmcia IDE tested with Sandisk Compact Flash and
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+PCMCIA IDE tested with Sandisk Compact Flash and
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IBM microdrive.
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IBM microdrive.
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@@ -32,7 +42,7 @@ IBM microdrive.
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If you partition a disk on another system (e.g. laptop),
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If you partition a disk on another system (e.g. laptop),
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all bytes will be swapped on 16bit level when using
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all bytes will be swapped on 16bit level when using
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-PCMCIA!!!!
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+PCMCIA and running cpu in big endian mode!!!!
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This is probably due to an error in Au1000 chip.
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This is probably due to an error in Au1000 chip.
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