[U-Boot-Users] How to add ethernet driver for ixp425 board
Hi, all
I need a u-boot running on Intel's ixp425 board with ethernet functionality. But current u-boot version does not have it. I once tried to move part of ixp400AccessLibrary to u-boot. But it seems difficult for me because I am still fresh in both linux and u-boot.
Is it possible to write a ethernet driver for ixp425 similar as realtek or others which are already included in u-boot?
Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.
Regards
*if* you can get there, see: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=5541290
since I had a tough time getting there due to sourceforge issues, here's the text:
From: Kyle Harris <kharris@ne...> Re: [PATCH] support for Intel IXP 2003-07-15 18:13
Another thing to note about the IXP support is that there is NO network support due to license restrictions. Intel has chosen to release their CSR libraries under a proprietary license. The CSR libraries provide the Access Layer, which is a software interface for accessing the hardware ports. I'd had heard rumors that Intel was going to release this code under GPL, but that was months ago. So, for now IXP only supports the serial interface.
Kyle.
On Tuesday 15 July 2003 05:34 pm, Kyle Harris wrote:
Wolfgang,
Please find attached a patch for Intel CPU IXP425 and eval board
IXDP425.
This is applied against 0.4.0 (I tried several times to pull from
CVS but
failed, and finally gave up).
Note: This patch does NOT include support for the PCI bridge :(
Regards, Kyle.
basically, there's no legal way to use the Intel access library code within u-boot.
I hate to say this, but if you need the ethernet ports in your bootloader, you'll probably have to use the 1.92 RedBoot code from Intel (see here: http://www.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixp425swr1.htm )
hth, -mark
On Feb 12, 2004, at 4:42 AM, Bernieshu wrote:
Hi, all
I need a u-boot running on Intel's ixp425 board with ethernet functionality. But current u-boot version does not have it. I once tried to move part of ixp400AccessLibrary to u-boot. But it seems difficult for me because I am still fresh in both linux and u-boot.
Is it possible to write a ethernet driver for ixp425 similar as realtek or others which are already included in u-boot?
Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.
Regards
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