Full Features

Full Features:

BSP Overview:

- Tool Chain Version:

Gcc-4.2.171, eglibc-2.5.82, binutils-2.18

- U-Boot Version: 1.3.3

- Kernel Version: 2.6.25

Hardware platform support:

- CPU:

MPC8377EA CPU Ver 2.1

MPC8379EA CPU Ver 2.1

- Board:

MPC837xERDB Rev 2

Full BSP Features:

U-Boot 1.3.3
-Supports MPC837xE Rev.2.1 running at core 800MHz and CSB 400MHz
-TSEC1-Realtek RTL8211B single port 10/100/1000 (WAN)
-TSEC2-Vitesse VSC7385 SparX-G5 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch via Firmware Load (LAN)
-DDR- 256 MBytes
-8 MBytes Flash Memory
-DUART
-I2C bus
-PCI 2.3
-SD Flash (Read-only)

Linux kernel 2.6.25 supporting e300c4 core
-TSEC1-Realtek RTL8211B single port 10/100/1000 (WAN)
-TSEC2-Vitesse VSC7385 SparX-G5 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch via Firmware Load (LAN)
-DUART support for console control
-PCI host support with 33/66MHz
-PCI-Express supporting 2 PCIE buses with x1 lane
-USB 2.0 controller working as host/device under Linux
-USB 2.0 controller working as device under Linux Gadget framework
-Busybox v1.1.3
-udev support
-SEC kernel driver support, and Linux IPSec (netkey) stack
-RAID XOR-DMA hardware assist
-SATA Hard Disk Support including RAID 0/1/5
-DHCP client (WAN) and server (LAN) support
-File Sharing Support via SAMBA3.0.32
-Ramdisk/Hard Disk/NFS file system support
-SD Flash
-NAND Flash support

Toolchain version

- Gcc-4.2.171, eglibc-2.5.82, binutils-2.18

Known Issues:

1. U-boot and Kernel can't support all brands of SD cards. The test result of thefollowing SD cardsis shown below.

837x-rdb SD testing result
Models/Brands / Capability / Beta Release 1.4 / Beta Release 1.3
u-boot / linux / u-boot / linux
Kingston technology, SD4 / 8GB / Pass / Pass / Pass / Pass
ESP technology, SanDisk Extreme III / 4GB / Can not identify and load file from SD card / Pass / Can not identify and load file from SD card / Pass
Kingston technology, SD / 2GB / u-boot crash while scan SD card / many I/O error appear while r/w / u-boot crash while scan SD card / many I/O error appear while r/w
Transcend, MMC plus / 4GB / Can not identify and load file from SD card / Pass / Can not identify and load file from SD card / Pass
SanDisk, SD Card 2 / 2GB / u-boot crash while scan SD card / Pass / u-boot deadlock while scan SD card / Pass

This is a known issue since Beta Release 1.3 November 13, 2008.