Re: [Balloon] L3 FPGA update

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Author: Chris Jones
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To: Chris Jones, Balloon
Subject: Re: [Balloon] L3 FPGA update
Wookey wrote:
> ...
>> The lack of fiddling with control register bits should make Samosa
>> access a little quicker, too. I haven't actually tested any of this in
>> practice, so let me know if there are problems.
>
> Does this mean that the samosa control regsiter now plays no part in
> the interface? It certainly doesn't get a mention in the the existing
> driver. Can someone tell me what, if anything it does do?


The answer is simple: there isn't a samosa control register! At least, I
can't find one in the FPGA code, and I can't see an application for it.
Once upon a time it would have controlled the ALE an CLE signals, but
they're now mapped to addresses.

Chris

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