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OriginalGriff29-Aug-19 0:14

OriginalGriff

29-Aug-19 0:14

They are a PIT Elephant | [mastadon]

ingA is what they are! Grow anywhere, breed like Luton under 12s, and hard to kill ... Laugh | :laugh:

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Peter_in_278029-Aug-19 1:04

Peter_in_2780

29-Aug-19 1:04

Weeding dandelions out of the verge a few years ago, neighbour saw what I was doing. His comment: "If I dug the dandelions out there'd be nothing left." I had to agree...

Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

pkfox29-Aug-19 2:41

pkfox

29-Aug-19 2:41

Don’t you like people from Luton 😄

"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

DRHuff29-Aug-19 13:18

DRHuff

29-Aug-19 13:18

24D. Better living through chemicals.

This space for rent.

Whats a good, easy to use (ie actually works) U-Boot distro (source and tool chain) for powerpc (MPC8313 to be specific)

pkfox28-Aug-19 23:40

pkfox

28-Aug-19 23:40

Yay !! well done

"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

Munchies_Matt28-Aug-19 21:17

Munchies_Matt

28-Aug-19 21:17

Had a look at Denx, their tool chain doesnt install, freescale, dont look like they do one for this CPU.

Xilinx perhaps?

Does anyone know of one?

Thanks in advance

--edit--
The ELDK from Denx is hosed:
"Error: Can't read rootfs tarball "/home/matts/elk/targets/powerpc/core-image-minimal-dev-generic-powerpc.tar.gz /home/matts/elk/targets/powerpc/core-image-minimal-generic-powerpc.tar.gz /home/matts/elk/targets/powerpc/core-image-minimal-mtdutils-generic-powerpc.tar.gz /home/matts/elk/targets/powerpc/core-image-minimal-xenomai-generic-powerpc.tar.gz"
"

And I am not the only one: ELDK installation problem[^]

Seems 5.5.3 and higher is broken.

Weird, is no one using it?

Anyway, I will try 5.5.2 as this guy did.

Kinda sucks though.

modified 29-Aug-19 6:15am.

Re: Whats a good, easy to use (ie actually works) U-Boot distro (source and tool chain) for powerpc (MPC8313 to be specific)

Rage28-Aug-19 21:45

Rage

28-Aug-19 21:45

What are you up to ?

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Re: Whats a good, easy to use (ie actually works) U-Boot distro (source and tool chain) for powerpc (MPC8313 to be specific)

Munchies_Matt28-Aug-19 22:08

Munchies_Matt

28-Aug-19 22:08

Trying to build a U-boot for an MPC8313 powerpc CPU Rage. There doesnt seem to be much out there for this platform. The closest I got was Denx, but the tool chain wont install (in fact their documentation is out of synch with what is on their ftp site, and the params their install script expects), so I was just wondering if there are any others about.

Re: Whats a good, easy to use (ie actually works) U-Boot distro (source and tool chain) for powerpc (MPC8313 to be specific)

Rage29-Aug-19 0:31

Rage

29-Aug-19 0:31

All clear, but this is only a step and not the finality, is it ? Are you running some projects in the embedded world ?

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Re: Whats a good, easy to use (ie actually works) U-Boot distro (source and tool chain) for powerpc (MPC8313 to be specific)

Richard MacCutchan28-Aug-19 21:56

Richard MacCutchan

28-Aug-19 21:56

Munchies_Matt wrote:
Xilinx perhaps?

Quote:
Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs, and now, the ACAP.

Well the obvious choice then.

Re: Whats a good, easy to use (ie actually works) U-Boot distro (source and tool chain) for powerpc (MPC8313 to be specific)

Munchies_Matt28-Aug-19 22:12

Munchies_Matt

28-Aug-19 22:12

Indeed...

The End of the World is Nigh!

Mark_Wallace28-Aug-19 18:30

28-Aug-19 18:30

My coffee machine is broken, and it's 6:25 in the morning, so there's nowhere I can buy a new one!

And I live in forest/arable country, so there are no ~~coffee shops~~ local places to get take-away coffee!

My only consolation is that I can say "I told you so!" to the missus, who, despite my protests, threw away the "sit on top of the cup" coffee-filter holder -- but that doesn't get me coffee!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Daniel Pfeffer28-Aug-19 19:25

Daniel Pfeffer

28-Aug-19 19:25

Make the coffee Turkish-style:

Open the packet of grounds (or the capsule)
Pour the grounds into your mug
Boil the kettle (or boil water in a saucepan...)
As soon as the water boils, pour it over the grounds
Stir, and leave the grounds to settle
Add sugar / sweetener, if needed, stir again, and leave the grounds to settle
Drink, leaving the last bit with the grounds

It may not be what you're used to, but it'll give you your caffeine fix.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.

Mark_Wallace28-Aug-19 20:08

28-Aug-19 20:08

8. Chew, gag, and spit.

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Forogar 29-Aug-19 3:15

Forogar

29-Aug-19 3:15

Quote:
Chew, gag, and spit.

I see you've had this style of coffee before!

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

OriginalGriff28-Aug-19 19:36

OriginalGriff

28-Aug-19 19:36

Get yourself to the garage, and with common household tools and materials, follow the instructions in this video: Making An Espresso ... Pot![^]
The video is only half an hour, so it won't take you long.

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Never throw anything away, Griff
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modified 29-Aug-19 1:57am.

Mark_Wallace28-Aug-19 20:14

28-Aug-19 20:14

Love that guy's videos, but I only have woodworking machines.

However, you did remind me that I have three espresso pots -- so I dug out the biggest one and put it to good use!

Cheers!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

OriginalGriff28-Aug-19 20:27

OriginalGriff

28-Aug-19 20:27

I have no metalworking equipment at all, but he is just brilliant!
He knows what he is doing, explains it well, does the video and post production superbly.

He is a shining example of "how to make a tutorial video" unlike 99.999% of the software ones out there. Who wants to watch you type, correct, correct again, forget the names, say "um" and "er" for twenty minutes, ... and end up with "hello world"?

I am soooo tempted to buy a TIG welder, even though I have no metal to melt together ... Laugh | :laugh:

Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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honey the codewitch28-Aug-19 19:59

honey the codewitch

28-Aug-19 19:59

macgyver it.

necessity is the mother of invention

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

CodeWraith28-Aug-19 20:00

CodeWraith

28-Aug-19 20:00

1, Campfire
2. Clean out empty tin can
3. Boil water
4. Throw coffee powder into hot water.
5. Wait a minute-
6. Give everyone in your squad a share.
7 Kick all who want to lay aside their rifle or equipment a kick into the rear parts.

Don't forget to set up a defensive paerimeter during the ceremony, bury all remains like the ashes of the campfire and then move out for another fun day in the woods. Give them hell.

Even I know that and I am no addict of that stuff at all. Better than leading a team of unhappy boyscouts the whole day.
.

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

Mark_Wallace28-Aug-19 20:10

28-Aug-19 20:10

CodeWraith wrote:
7 Kick all who want to lay aside their rifle or equipment a kick into the rear parts.

Your Boy Scouts have rifles?

If Baden-Powell were alive today, he'd roll over in his grave!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

CodeWraith28-Aug-19 20:17

CodeWraith

28-Aug-19 20:17

Mark_Wallace wrote:
Your Boy Scouts have rifles?

Yes. That particular branch of the boyscouts calls itself Luftwaffe. Usually they had air defense missiles to play with, but once in a while we had a field day and played infantery.

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

Mark_Wallace28-Aug-19 20:25

28-Aug-19 20:25

I dread to think what insignia they have on their woggles.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

CodeWraith28-Aug-19 20:42

CodeWraith

28-Aug-19 20:42

Quite tame[^], actually.

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.