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Morethink
Morning everyone
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Bertl
hey Morethink!
01:56
Morethink
I know why I can not visit your web site.
01:58
Morethink
the 13thfloor.ar is forbidden by a firewall.
01:59
Bertl
at your company?
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Morethink
country
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Bertl
interesting
02:01
Morethink
I can not visit it at home.
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Bertl
so your country considers my pages dangerous for the people :)
02:03
Morethink
if a proxy used,I can review your web site.
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Morethink
aha
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Morethink
maybe they think somethink is dangeror on 13thfloor.at
02:06
Morethink
something is dangerous
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Bertl
yeah, maybe, did you try a different site in .at?
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Bertl
because it might just be that they block .at in general
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Morethink
I do'nt know other site with .at. Can you give me a test one?
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Bertl
http://www.nix.at/
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Morethink
test passed.
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Bertl
ah, did you try to reach just www.13thfloor.at? or only the vserver.13thfloor.at address?
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Morethink
tested
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Morethink
can not vist
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Morethink
visit
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Bertl
both, interesting, well, if you need anything from there, you know how to get it :)
02:11
Morethink
I think the 13thfloor.at is blocked
02:12
Morethink
not yet.
02:12
Bertl
just use a proxy or ask me :)
02:13
Morethink
I'm looking for a proxy software
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Celia
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Morethink
OK
02:13
Morethink
thank you
02:13
Morethink
a software such as goagent
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Bertl
tor should help you I guess
02:17
Morethink
thanks.
02:17
Morethink
about SD card driver,I reviewed the schematic.
02:18
Bertl
yes?
02:20
Morethink
I think we should use address to differentiate internal and external card
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Bertl
please elaborate ...
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Morethink
e.g. in original drivers: there may be a function like: SD_Write(ADDR,Length)
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Morethink
The SD_Write() is interface for linux app. So we must not change it.
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Bertl
well, in linux the SD shows up as mmc device node, which can be accessed with the typical read, write, etc unix syscalls
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Bertl
it can also be mounted by the kernel, so yes, we need different device nodes for the two micro SD cards
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Bertl
and yes, the driver should handle them transparently without any need to change userspace
02:31
Morethink
Oh,yes. I mean we no need changed the top level of the driver. if internal card's addr is 0xAXXXX and external is 0xBXXXXX , a simple I2C function added into SD_Write(). the I2C function controll which ADDR will be accessed.
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Bertl
just that the card doesn't have an address :)
02:32
Bertl
the controller handling the card(s) has an address, but that is the same for both cards, as it is the same controller
02:34
Morethink
correct.
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Morethink
is it xilinx PS can not give an address?
02:34
Morethink
physical address
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Bertl
correct, the SD card is handled by the PS
02:36
Morethink
en...let us talk about it from hardware....
02:36
Morethink
the two cards use same controller
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Bertl
correct
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Bertl
the SD bus is switched by the TXS02612
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Morethink
So the OS(linux)will see only one mmc equipment
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Bertl
with the existing driver, yes
02:39
Morethink
our requirement : two physical sd card should used .when when internal card used,external card can not be accessed.
02:41
Bertl
let's call them "first" and "second" card, because there is no internal and external
02:42
Morethink
Ok,haha
02:42
Bertl
there is also the onboard SD interface on the microzed or zedboard
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Bertl
(which could be referred to as 'internal', which makes things complicated :)
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Bertl
so, basically there are 3 variants how the two SD cards could be handled
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Bertl
1) by some kind of 'select' command which switches between both cards (e.g. an ioctl)
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Bertl
2) by locking the interface to one card when it gets mounted/opened/etc
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Bertl
3) completely transparently to the user by time slicing access to both cards
02:48
Morethink
is it mean there are 3 cards in this system. One is onboard, the other two is our card_1st and card_2nd?
02:49
Bertl
correct
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Bertl
the onboard card is typically used to boot the microzed/zedboard
02:50
Morethink
the card_1st and card_2nd connect PL or PS?
02:51
Bertl
both connect to the second PS controller
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Bertl
or to be precise, the TXS02612 does :)
02:55
Morethink
Thanks
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Morethink
when linux mount our SD card , card_1st and card_2nd will be mounted together. when unmount, both card_1st and card_2nd will umounted?
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Bertl
that won't work very well
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Bertl
the optimal solution (3) requires the driver to create two device nodes, one for the first and one for the second card
03:00
Morethink
linux can mount card_1st and card_2nd seperately?
03:00
Morethink
OK. I really get the requirement
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Bertl
then the driver receives commands to the first and the second device node and for each command/action, it has to check which card is actually accessed
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Bertl
if the command is intended for the currently active card, it can just be handled
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Bertl
if it is for the 'other' card, the driver first needs to switch the TXS02612 to the other interface
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Bertl
concurrent commands to both cards have to be 'ordered' in some way and can only be executed in sequence
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Bertl
e.g. via round robin or first come first serve, etc
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Morethink
What's condition of exiting driver?
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Bertl
hmm?
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Morethink
yestoday you tell me there is a driver already.
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Bertl
ah, yes, the linux kernel has a driver which is capable of handling the SD controller used on zynq
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Bertl
it works fine and I used it to actually test the hardware
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Bertl
(by switching to one card and then loading/activating the driver)
03:15
Morethink
the driver need to swith to card first ?
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Bertl
well, that's what I did manually to test the hardware with the existing driver
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Bertl
(because there is no driver yet which does the switching :)
03:17
Morethink
:)
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Morethink
Oh. Exiting driver can access only one card. e.g. when card_1st is accessed ,card_2nd is not active
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Bertl
correct
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Bertl
the existing driver does not know that there are two cards behind the SD bus switch
03:25
Morethink
yeah.I know the condition now.
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Bertl
excellent!
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Morethink
Can I know what's your major? Software?
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Bertl
I studied physics, then computer science but I've always worked with electronics
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Morethink
Great!
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Bertl
yeah, it's a good mix for building a camera :)
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Bertl
okay, I'm off to bed now ... have a good one everyone!
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Bertl
cya next time!
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Morethink
Good night
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trshfx
hi
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se6astian
hello!
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Bertl
morning folks!
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se6astian
time for bed
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