u-boot PCMCIA Support w/ PXA-255??

Hello All:

I have managed to get u-boot running on my PXA255/SA1111-based board. Our board seems to be pretty close to the Intel "Lubbock" reference design, so I was able to get a slightly modified Lubbock u-boot configuration to work on this board.

Now, what I REALLY need is to get PCMCIA working w/u-boot and this board. Specifically, I need to be able to use dhcp/tftp from u-boot to download images to configure the board in the field. Initially, I need ne2000 support, but later on I'll have to have 802.11b card support.

It appears that I need some sample source that illustrates how to bring up PCMCIA on the PXA255/SA1111. I have not been able to find a good example of this so far, and I am hoping (praying??) that someone out in u-boot-land or DENX-land has already done some work to get PCMCIA working in u-boot. I have the Linux PCMCIA sources (for PXA/SA1111) and I *might* be able to adapt them, but they aren't working yet and it seems like working on the simpler case (u-boot standalone PCMCIA) might be a better place to get a foothold.

ANY ideas you may have or pointers to other documentation would be appreciated. I am struggling because PCMCIA support seems to be pretty thin in the various bootloaders - u-boot included.

Thanks in advance,
craig vanderborgh
voxware incorporated

Hi,

I submitted a patch for NE2000 support on PXA/PCMCIA, really don't know why it didn't go into the trunk. Anyway take a look:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=9617953

I've tested it with a couple of different NE2000 cards (Belkin, Pretec), I would like to hear any more feedbacks. Please note that 802.11b are much worse beasts and they come with licensing problems too since usually you have to download some firmware and such.

Bye,

Christian:

I would love to try this out. Please send me the tarball you mentioned, or provide a
pointer to where I can find the sources. I don't see them in CVS.

THANK YOU!!

Regards,
craig vanderborgh
voxware incorporated

Here we go,

Bye!
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