Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261188AbUJZPvQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:51:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261235AbUJZPvQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:51:16 -0400 Received: from kinesis.swishmail.com ([209.10.110.86]:6161 "EHLO kinesis.swishmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261188AbUJZPvO (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:51:14 -0400 Message-ID: <417E7582.6050805@techsource.com> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:04:18 -0400 From: Timothy Miller MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-os@analogic.com CC: Giuseppe Bilotta , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Some discussion points open source friendly graphics [was: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable?] References: <417D21C8.30709@techsource.com> <417D6365.3020609@pobox.com> <417E6CF3.503@techsource.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 854 Lines: 26 linux-os wrote: > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Timothy Miller wrote: > >>For cost reasons, we likely wouldn't socket the chip, so you'd probably >>have to send it in for an RMA. We'd reprogram it, and send it back. Or >>if you have a friend with the right tools, they can do it. >> > > > Normally you use a boundary-scan (JTAG) serial header so you can program, > reprogram, debug the chip. FPGA development tools expect (require) > this. > > Check out http:/www.macraigor.com/full_gnu.htm for their GNU tools > and devices, designed for Linux (and M$). Sounds cool. The easier we can make it, the better. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/