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Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> · Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:34:11 -0500

Hi Robert,

Sorry for the delay, I was hoping that someone from SNS would respond since 
you're talking about their website.

On Thursday 15 April 2010 20:08:32 åæå wrote:
> We use MVME5500 and MAXv-8000 for motion control. Recently, I found the
> website: http://ics-web.sns.ornl.gov/hardware/ . It contains so many new
> functions in this BSP, especially the sysVmeMapShow() and so on. Iâm very
> exciting about this!

The sysVmeMapShow() function there was mine, along with a number of other 
changes I make to all the BSPs I maintain here at APS.  I don't think SNS 
should be distributing their complete mv2100 BSP source code on the Internet 
though, their license agreement with Wind River is unlikely to permit them to 
do that.  I would be very happy if Wind River were to make their BSPs Open 
Source, but to the best of my knowledge they are still proprietary source code 
protected by their license agreements.

> This BSP is for MVME2100, and I want to modify some codes about this BSP to
> make it runs in the MVME5500.

The MVME5500 uses a Universe-2 chip to interface to the VMEbus, so the 
sysVmeMapShow() function from the mv2100 or mv2700 BSPs should be very similar 
to what you need for the mv5500.  There are instructions on how to add this to 
the mv2700 at http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/tech-talk/2006/msg00681.php and if 
you understand what the BSP is doing it should be fairly easy to adapt the 
code for the mv5500.

Hope this helps,

- Andrew
-- 
The best FOSS code is written to be read by other humans -- Harald Welte

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