From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Fri Apr 14 13:00:11 2006 X-Original-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Delivered-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Subject: Re: [MiNT] MiNT Coldfire From: Alan Hourihane To: Mark Duckworth Cc: Odd Skancke , mint@fishpool.com In-Reply-To: <1145002502.7154.29.camel@evil.atari-source.com> References: <1144973246.16125.21.camel@mduckworth.phillypark.net> <1145000077.25823.153.camel@linuxbox> <1145002502.7154.29.camel@evil.atari-source.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:57:15 +0100 Message-Id: <1145012235.5758.198.camel@jetpack.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-To: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 tagged_above=-50.5 required=7.0 tests=BAYES_00 X-Spam-Level: On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 04:15 -0400, Mark Duckworth wrote: > I would like to ask you guys which PCI video card and PCI USB 2.0 card > would be easiest to develop for, as I plan to buy these cards as well as > an active PCI riser card (the EVB has just one PCI slot). I'm curious > how much the etherNAT USB driver is a proper ohci/uhci/ehci layer such > that the code might be reusable for this. I will get this all working > under Linux and then begin attempting MiNT support. This will be my > first foray into driver development, but I develop more confidence in > myself daily and it's all looking easier and easier the more I look at > kernel source code. I suspect opting for an ATI Radeon 9200/9250 PCI card will keep the costs down and produce good results. The open source drivers are well documented and supported. Alan.