Re: [microblaze-uclinux] uClinux support for FSL devices

[John Williams <jwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Aurash,

aurash wrote:
> Hi John and friends,
> 
> Excellent job!
> by having this generic driver the user can plug his own peripheral in 
> some hours inluding the HDL coding of the peripheral.

Thanks.  Yep, the possibility of generic FSL drivers seems pretty useful 
to me too.  Plus FSL is just so easy to interface to, much more 
lightweight than OPB

>> PPS For those who know about FSL - my personal policy in uClinux is 
>> that blocking FSL ops are strictly verboten...  Nothing locks 
>> microblaze harder than a blocking get on a non-existent FSL port!  Not 
>> even an NMI will save you - it's reset-city... 
> 
> Agree, who wants blocking FSL is shooting in his leg.

Well, maybe in a standalone app blocking might make sense, but otherwise 
not.

John
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