Geode LX GPL VSA source and binary

[Marc Jones]

This is a tarball and binary of working AMD LX GPL VSA code with the
addition on a fix to the flash header for a NAND MMIO BAR (thanks
Mart).

Their are two reasons that I am sending this to the list.
1. The git repository on laptop.org was not current and luckily some
folks at AMD hooked me up with the good source again. With the
problems at OLPC I am not sure what will happen with laptop.org. Maybe
it is time to find a new home for the code.

2. The binaries were posted on the AMD embedded Linux support page and
I don't think that AMD is that interested in maintaining VSA and the
binaries any longer. We could probably get them to post this one but
that seems like more work than it is worth. So, we need another place
to put the binary. Once we have a location, buildrom needs to be
updated to get it from the new location.

Marc

[Peter Stuge]

Marc Jones wrote:
> This is a tarball and binary of working AMD LX GPL VSA code

Sweet. Would you like a git? Maybe one could be set up on
coreboot.org?

//Peter

[Richard Smith]

Marc Jones wrote:
> Their are two reasons that I am sending this to the list.
> The git repository on laptop.org was not current and luckily some
>
> folks at AMD hooked me up with the good source again. With the
> problems at OLPC I am not sure what will happen with laptop.org. Maybe
> it is time to find a new home for the code.

As long as the lights are on we will continue to host everything we have 
been hosting.  Sysadmin may be slow though.

[Mart Raudsepp]

Ühel kenal päeval, N, 2009-01-22 kell 10:55, kirjutas Marc Jones:
> This is a tarball and binary of working AMD LX GPL VSA code with the
> addition on a fix to the flash header for a NAND MMIO BAR (thanks
> Mart).
>
> Their are two reasons that I am sending this to the list.
> The git repository on laptop.org was not current and luckily some
>
> folks at AMD hooked me up with the good source again. With the
> problems at OLPC I am not sure what will happen with laptop.org. Maybe
> it is time to find a new home for the code.
> The binaries were posted on the AMD embedded Linux support page and
>
> I don't think that AMD is that interested in maintaining VSA and the
> binaries any longer. We could probably get them to post this one but
> that seems like more work than it is worth. So, we need another place
> to put the binary. Once we have a location, buildrom needs to be
> updated to get it from the new location.

I hope we can find a suitable way forward for this now, especially just
having a public place anyone can download the binary from without
digging through mailing list attachments.
Source being available somewhere more conventional than the attachment
would be good too :)
Just re-raising the topic..

Regards,
Mart Raudsepp

[Steve Spano]

Hello

We can setup an FTP site specific for the Geode LX VSA if that helps

Steve Spano, President
Finger Lakes Engineering

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Subject: Re: [coreboot] Geode LX GPL VSA source and binary

Ühel kenal päeval, N, 2009-01-22 kell 10:55, kirjutas Marc Jones:
> This is a tarball and binary of working AMD LX GPL VSA code with the 
> addition on a fix to the flash header for a NAND MMIO BAR (thanks 
> Mart).
>
> Their are two reasons that I am sending this to the list.
> The git repository on laptop.org was not current and luckily some
>
> folks at AMD hooked me up with the good source again. With the 
> problems at OLPC I am not sure what will happen with laptop.org. Maybe 
> it is time to find a new home for the code.
> The binaries were posted on the AMD embedded Linux support page and
>
> I don't think that AMD is that interested in maintaining VSA and the 
> binaries any longer. We could probably get them to post this one but 
> that seems like more work than it is worth. So, we need another place 
> to put the binary. Once we have a location, buildrom needs to be 
> updated to get it from the new location.

I hope we can find a suitable way forward for this now, especially just
having a public place anyone can download the binary from without digging
through mailing list attachments. Source being available somewhere more
conventional than the attachment would be good too :) Just re-raising the
topic..

Regards,
Mart Raudsepp

[Mart Raudsepp]

Ühel kenal päeval, K, 2009-02-11 kell 08:54, kirjutas Steve Spano:
> Hello
>
> We can setup an FTP site specific for the Geode LX VSA if that helps

I think we are hoping for a community space in coreboot.org or
laptop.org or such. In the same line we could probably set something
like that up as well from our companies side, but I hope we can put
these in a familiar community domain :)

Stefan?

Regards,
Mart Raudsepp

[Peter Stuge]

Mart Raudsepp wrote:
> > This is a tarball and binary of working AMD LX GPL VSA code with
> > the addition on a fix to the flash header for a NAND MMIO BAR
> > (thanks Mart).
>
> I hope we can find a suitable way forward for this now

Either commit changes to laptop.org or if that isn't so workable
let's set up the repo on coreboot.org.

//Peter

[Mart Raudsepp]

Ühel kenal päeval, K, 2009-02-11 kell 18:03, kirjutas Peter Stuge:
> Mart Raudsepp wrote:
> > > This is a tarball and binary of working AMD LX GPL VSA code with
> > > the addition on a fix to the flash header for a NAND MMIO BAR
> > > (thanks Mart).
> >
> > I hope we can find a suitable way forward for this now
>
> Either commit changes to laptop.org or if that isn't so workable
> let's set up the repo on coreboot.org.

Maybe Marc can push there regardless, not sure if he had access (Jordan
did iirc). I don't.
> From where would buildrom pull the binary from?

Regards,
Mart

> Mart Raudsepp wrote:
> > > This is a tarball and binary of working AMD LX GPL VSA code with
> > > the addition on a fix to the flash header for a NAND MMIO BAR
> > > (thanks Mart).
> >
> > I hope we can find a suitable way forward for this now
>
> Either commit changes to laptop.org or if that isn't so workable
> let's set up the repo on coreboot.org.

I think the long term reliability of laptop.org is a concern.  That said,
I appreciate that there might be legal concerns here, and if Stefan
doesn't want to take those on, I wouldn't blame him one bit.

Jordan