Beagle XM Network

I know this will prove to be somthing silly, but…

I have tried to set up my Beagleboard XM to use the network.

Set InetSetup$Driver$USB EtherUSB:ej0:EtherUSB:0.06:EtherUSB

SCSI::2.$.!Boot.Resources.Confgure.!InetSetUp.Autosense

!Boot.Resources.!System.500.Modules.Network

I have gone through the process of opening !Boot/Network/Internet/Interfaces to set the configuration of the EtherUSB – obtain address manually 10.0.0.61, netmask 255.0.0.0 then !Boot/Network/Internet/HostNames to select Use hosts file only and add the address 10.0.0.61.

This creates a file !Boot.Choices.Internet.Startup which contains:

|================================================================|
| Startup file for !Internet V5.39 (10-Jan-03)                   |
|                                                                |
| This file was automatically generated by !InetSetup. Do not    |
| edit it by hand unless you REALLY, REALLY, know what you're    |
| doing. Comments and spacing are significant to !InetSetup.     |
|                                                                |
| If you want to add extra configuration options, place them in  |
| the User file.                                                 |
|================================================================|

|
| Host name
|
Set Inet$HostName 10.0.0.61
Set Inet$LocalDomain .nom
Set Inet$EtherDevice EtherUSB
Set Inet$EtherIPAddr 10.0.0.61
Set Inet$EtherIPMask default
|
| Interface: EtherUSB
|
RMEnsure EtherUSB 0.06 RMLoad System:Modules.Network.EtherUSB
IfConfig -e ej0 10.0.0.61 netmask default
CheckError
Set Inet$EtherTypeA <Inet$EtherType>
|
| Loopback
|
IfConfig -e lo0 127.0.0.1
CheckError
Set Inet$EtherType <Inet$EtherTypeA>
Unset Inet$EtherTypeA
|
| Routing
|
Run Choices:Internet.Routes
CheckError
Set Inet$IsGateway "" 
Set Inet$RouteDOptions "" 
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| Access
|
IfThere Resources:$.Resources.ShareFS.!Boot then Run Resources:$.Resources.ShareFS.!Boot
RMFind Freeway 0.26 System:Modules.Network.Freeway
RMFind ShareFS 3.38 System:Modules.Network.Share+
SetEval Inet$KickFiler 1

Machine start up has not completed successfully:
'ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface 

I can click ‘cancel’ but I presume it needs sorting out.

The next step is to get Omniclient running – which version do I need please? I have version 2.15 (and version 2.34 of LANMAN98).

BeagleBoard xM uses SMSC9514 as Ethernet chip, which is not supported (yet?) by EtherUSB.

I have also tried Maplin N56HN adaptor (£30) and this does not seem to work. It uses the AX88178 chip – do we know whether EtherUSB supports this chip please?

According to the website, EtherUSB supports:

• Asix AX88172
• Asix AX88772
• MosChip MCS7830
• ADMtek Pegasus AN986 or AN8511

Personally, I use an adapter with the MCS7830 and it seems to work perfectly. It is a “Delock 61147”, which is always dangerous, as they just relabel all kind of stuff, so you can never be sure if what you buy two weeks later is still based on the same chipset.

In fact, judging by the drivers currently downloadable from delock.com, there also seems to be a variant with the AX88172.

I have now got the recommended Lindy USB to Ethernet adaptor and this works on the XM, giving me an icon ‘Discs’ on the iconbar and I can see the ‘Public’ directory on my Virtual Risc PC.

How do I set about getting !Omni (Omniclient) running so that I can see my network-attached storage please?

For Omniclient to work, you usually need to

*configure LMTransport IP

and then just start !Omni, open iconbar menu, go Mounts → Protocols → LAN Manager, click on it and fill in the details. Should work, but there are some servers that I only got to work with the help of LanMan98 (commercial, originally by WSS, now available from CJE Micro’s). If all fails, try NFS (i.e. Sunfish as client on RISC OS).

OmniClient still just gives an error message ‘Task not known’

Omni has never worked for me, see

LanMan98 2.04 works as stand alone though.

Any progress yet on making EtherUSB work with the ethernet chip (SMSC9514) provided on the Beagleboard XM?

I was going to have a look at this but I havent had time. Need to order up the beagleboard xm first.

Just a note to say i’ve picked up looking at Beagle-xM Network support. The intention is to add a backend to EtherUSB. If James has already started work on this it’d be nice to know so i dont double up the work.

Went to have a look at this using the Ethernet adaptor i bought. Unfortunately it seems it doesnt have the SMSC95xx nic in it.

Shame. If i can get my hands on one of the NICs then i’ll get this working.

Hi Stephen. Can I just clarify what you said above – did you mean you’re looking at getting the Ethernet nic on the BBxM working? If that’s the case, it’d be a great step – currently, having to find a suitable USB dongle and cross your fingers that it’s compatible is a pain. :)

If James has already started work on this it’d be nice to know so i dont double up the work.

I haven’t done anything with it, I had look for a suitable device but couldn’t find a sure bet, or even a cheap unsure bet for that matter.

having to find a suitable USB dongle and cross your fingers that it’s compatible is a pain. :)

It is, though now I’m after devices which aren’t compatible which is also a pain :)

Steve. Yeah I thought id bought a device the BBxM has but it turns out not to be the case. In the mean time I’m going to start looking at the DM9000 as part of EtherGEP and helping get the wireless on the IGEPv2 working.

My BBxM is on its way. I plan to do the NIC driver and release it in the EtherUSB driver.

S