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Re: [MiNT] MiNT Coldfire



On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 04:15 -0400, Mark Duckworth wrote:
> I would like to ask you guys which PCI video card and PCI USB 2.0 card
> would be easiest to develop for, as I plan to buy these cards as well as
> an active PCI riser card (the EVB has just one PCI slot).  I'm curious
> how much the etherNAT USB driver is a proper ohci/uhci/ehci layer such
> that the code might be reusable for this.  I will get this all working
> under Linux and then begin attempting MiNT support.  This will be my
> first foray into driver development, but I develop more confidence in
> myself daily and it's all looking easier and easier the more I look at
> kernel source code.

I suspect opting for an ATI Radeon 9200/9250 PCI card will keep the
costs down and produce good results. The open source drivers are well
documented and supported. 

Alan.