Commit db49cc63 authored by Alessandro Rubini's avatar Alessandro Rubini

doc: new binaries, minor things, marked as rc2

parent ce1cae21
...@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ...@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
@titlepage @titlepage
@title SPEC Software Support @title SPEC Software Support
@subtitle (@value{update-month}) @subtitle Version 2.0-rc2 (@value{update-month})
@subtitle A driver for the SPEC card and its FMC modules @subtitle A driver for the SPEC card and its FMC modules
@author Alessandro Rubini for CERN (BE-CO-HT) @author Alessandro Rubini for CERN (BE-CO-HT)
@end titlepage @end titlepage
...@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ set the following variables in your environment: ...@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ set the following variables in your environment:
The top directory of the kernel sources for the version you The top directory of the kernel sources for the version you
are going to run the driver under. I'm testing mostly with 3.4, are going to run the driver under. I'm testing mostly with 3.4,
but this version compiles against Linux-2.6.30 and later ones. but this version compiles against Linux-2.6.36 and later ones
(2.6.35 had a different interface for hardware timestamping,
so @i{fmc} and @i{spec} compile fine, but @i{wr-nic} does not.
@item CROSS_COMPILE @item CROSS_COMPILE
...@@ -548,8 +550,8 @@ the @i{files} tab of the Open Hardware Repository. The direct ...@@ -548,8 +550,8 @@ the @i{files} tab of the Open Hardware Repository. The direct
links are: links are:
@example @example
http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/download/1584/wr_nic_dio.bin-2012-09-13 http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/download/1596/wr_nic_dio.bin-2012-09-20
http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/download/1585/wr_nic_dio-wrc.bin-2012-09-13 http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/download/1597/wr_nic_dio-wrc.bin-2012-09-20
@end example @end example
The date is included in the binary name so we won't need to remove the The date is included in the binary name so we won't need to remove the
...@@ -561,9 +563,9 @@ needed to run @i{wr-nic}: ...@@ -561,9 +563,9 @@ needed to run @i{wr-nic}:
@smallexample @smallexample
cd /tmp cd /tmp
wget -O wr_nic_dio.bin \ wget -O wr_nic_dio.bin \
http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/download/1584/wr_nic_dio.bin-2012-09-13 http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/download/1596/wr_nic_dio.bin-2012-09-20
wget -O wr_nic_dio-wrc.bin \ wget -O wr_nic_dio-wrc.bin \
http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/download/1585/wr_nic_dio-wrc.bin-2012-09-13 http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/download/1597/wr_nic_dio-wrc.bin-2012-09-20
sudo mv wr_nic_dio wr_nic_dio-wrc /lib/firmware/fmc sudo mv wr_nic_dio wr_nic_dio-wrc /lib/firmware/fmc
@end smallexample @end smallexample
...@@ -937,7 +939,7 @@ will be supported at module load time, not at runtime (for that please ...@@ -937,7 +939,7 @@ will be supported at module load time, not at runtime (for that please
use the UART). use the UART).
@item DIO support in @i{wr-nic} is missing some of the features listed @item DIO support in @i{wr-nic} is missing some of the features listed
in @file{wr-dio.h}. in @file{wr-dio.h} (i.e., pulse trains and DAC control)>
@item DIO support should use interrupts to allow pulse trains to be generated @item DIO support should use interrupts to allow pulse trains to be generated
and timestamps to be collected without polling the FIFO. and timestamps to be collected without polling the FIFO.
...@@ -945,9 +947,6 @@ and timestamps to be collected without polling the FIFO. ...@@ -945,9 +947,6 @@ and timestamps to be collected without polling the FIFO.
@item The @i{wr-nic} functionality should be completely detached from @item The @i{wr-nic} functionality should be completely detached from
the specific mezzanine. This is a longer-term desire. the specific mezzanine. This is a longer-term desire.
@item The package should be verified with a wide range of kernel versions.
Currently I compiled and tested only under Linux-3.4.
@end itemize @end itemize
@c ########################################################################## @c ##########################################################################
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