[pvrusb2] pvrusb2 driver status for new hardware version

Mike Isely isely at isely.net
Tue Mar 7 19:38:19 CST 2006


Arnaud Boulan <arnaud.boulan at libertysurf.fr> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have been playing for a few months with an USB/FPGA experimentation
> board that has a usb fx2 in it. I have written a firmware for this card
> that could be used as a code base for writing a firmware for the
> pvrusb2. I have been using the sdcc compiler that works pretty well,
> and I also used a self modified version of a 8051 disassembler to
> understand the original firmware :)
> There is indeed a (unfortunately windows only) tool that can be used to
> generate the gpif tables: the gpif designer, that can be downloaded
> from the cypress web site. However, i didn't find it that user frindly
> and found that it is possible to write the gpif wave forms by hands
> without too much difficulties with only the reference manual.
>
> My firmware already works in the pvrusb2 for doing i2c transfers, i
> have been able to dump the eeprom with it for example (although with a
> custom userspace program and the libusb library, not with the pvrusb2
> driver)
>
> If you are interested i could share it with you.
>
> Arnaud
>

Arnaud:

Yes I am interested.  It's good know someone else is looking at this
part.  I'll follow up with you off the list...

   -Mike

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