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Dec 23 10:06:48 <connex> I am trying to cross compile a simple hello wolrd program, however i can't set the program interpreter to use the specific uClibc library
Dec 23 21:51:33 <NSLU2-IRC> i traced the remaining pci pins that are routed on one of the underlaying layers, so there is no need for the bare pcb anymore
Dec 23 21:52:41 <mwester> That's good, 'cause the guy that did that isn't active on the project anymore; it's been a looooong time since I've heard from him.
Dec 23 21:53:23 <anywhere> pity
Dec 23 21:53:44 <anywhere> do you know how or why he made the bare?
Dec 23 21:54:24 <anywhere> it looks like acidly-made
Dec 23 21:54:30 <mwester> Yep.  so that we could get the photos of the layout, for hw mod purposes.  IIRC one of the goals was to find the JTAG pins.
Dec 23 21:54:40 <mwester> Baked in an oven, then sanded.
Dec 23 21:54:42 <mwester> :D
Dec 23 21:54:45 <mwester> Low-tech.
Dec 23 21:54:55 <anywhere> k
Dec 23 21:55:11 <mwester> The "ultimate" sacrifice for what was a very expensive device at the time.
Dec 23 21:55:56 <anywhere> it wasn't broken before?
Dec 23 21:56:42 <mwester> As I heard it, no -- it was a working device.
Dec 23 21:56:48 <anywhere> ehe
Dec 23 21:56:51 <anywhere> ok
Dec 23 21:57:04 <anywhere> a real scrifice
Dec 23 21:57:20 <mwester> The serial port was easy to find.  The jtag was a lot harder.  and then there was the mystery of the clock resistors...
Dec 23 21:57:25 <mwester> and then the power-on bit.
Dec 23 21:57:38 <mwester> I think that in the end, that board did a lot of good. :)
Dec 23 21:58:10 <anywhere> yes
Dec 23 21:58:39 <anywhere> deam my eyes, i don't have any loupe or something like that to solder all the pci pins
Dec 23 22:00:15 <anywhere> i think the pins have a diameter of 0,8mm, but there isn't mor than 0,2mm between them
Dec 23 22:04:07 <anywhere> the ipx pci host is 66mhz capable, the usb controller 33mhz. minipci is also only 33mhz....
Dec 23 22:05:18 <anywhere> since one 33mhz device in a pci segment is enough to slow down the hole segment to 33mhz it would be necessary to disconnect the usb controller to have a 66mhz pci bus
Dec 23 22:11:30 <anywhere> remembering the pentium mmx differences: whats the real difference between a ipx4xx running at 266mhz and one running at 512mhz? would it even break if i cool it enough when running with a 66mhz xtal?
Dec 23 22:13:27 <anywhere> the idea behind it is to fake the ipx pci host that 33mhz devices are connected when running with a 66mhz xtal
Dec 23 22:14:35 <anywhere> where the connected pci devices are in fact 66mhz capable, of course
Dec 23 22:19:25 <anywhere> *soliloquist*
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