Re: [microblaze-uclinux] Nu-Horizons Spartan3 Dev Board Support

[Edmond Coté <edmond.cote@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:57:33 +0000, Patrick Robin <circaeng@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I did port uClinux to this NuHorizons board  last summer. My board also had
> the missing flash signal which I added according to NuHorizons instructions.
> 
> Everything worked just by changing the config files except for the flash. I
> got the flash working by making very small changes to the c code in one
> file. I then was able to mount file systems on the flash. Everything worked
> fine.

I've also made this small modification as well as some changes to the
XBD to reflect pin location changes in the UCF and the EMC driver
settings in the MSS file.

I wonder however, is the sample EDK test application (the memory test)
supposed to work w/o any code modifications there?, currently this is
still an issue (eg: Starting MemoryTest for FLASH ... FAILED!)

> I gave a tar file to my NuHorizons/Xilinx Engineer reps in Montreal and we
> got it working on their identical  board without any changes. They even
> demoed it internaly to Xilinx and NuHorizons I believe.

Interesting, I'm in Montreal.  May I ask if you still have these
files?, or anything else that could help me out?

> They new NuHorizons  board is much better in term of feature than the one I
> have. But all in all they are very good boards for the low price.   Like any
> new board, you may have to play with it a bit if some chips do not play well
> with uClinux initialy. The Flash is often a problem since there are so many
> different variations/implementations.

I don't doubt it, my frustration comes with the fact that NuH launched
a rushed product and do not seem to offer any after-sales support. 
Once these issues are ironed out (ironically by early adopters such as
ourselves), these boards will become better buys.

Thanks again,

Edmond
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