Updated to FW 999 after finding my Xilinx programmer.
CPU speed test is about the same but chip/motherboard access is significantly reduced. i.e. screen draw extremely slow and IDE speed test went down by about a third.
Limited testing so far, but this didn't seem to impact the overclock headroom and stability seemed similar.
Initial tests on full Rev 5, 50MHz through 75MHz. (My Rev 5 cannot do 80MHz. My Rev6 can.)
Greg
Re: TF1260 Beta Firmware
Posted: 20 Nov 2021 06:57
by matt020
gsoravil wrote: 19 Nov 2021 16:04
Updated to FW 999 after finding my Xilinx programmer.
CPU speed test is about the same but chip/motherboard access is significantly reduced. i.e. screen draw extremely slow and IDE speed test went down by about a third.
Limited testing so far, but this didn't seem to impact the overclock headroom and stability seemed similar.
Initial tests on full Rev 5, 50MHz through 75MHz. (My Rev 5 cannot do 80MHz. My Rev6 can.)
Greg
Are you running MUFASTROM? WIthout this, some things such as onboard IDE will be slow. Run MUFASTROM from the MMULibs package and watch it fly!!
Re: TF1260 Beta Firmware
Posted: 20 Nov 2021 20:52
by gsoravil
matt020 wrote: 20 Nov 2021 06:57
Are you running MUFASTROM? WIthout this, some things such as onboard IDE will be slow. Run MUFASTROM from the MMULibs package and watch it fly!!
I don't have it installed, but I'm just trying to understand if this is the expected behavior of the current beta. If I mask the chip access speed via MuFastRom then I'm obfuscating the changes the beta made and thus would provide inaccurate feedback on it (even though I would agree it would speed up the system).
Re: TF1260 Beta Firmware
Posted: 20 Nov 2021 21:05
by terriblefire
MMULib and MuFastRom are expected to be installed.
Re: TF1260 Beta Firmware
Posted: 21 Nov 2021 13:52
by Acill
I did a quick and dirty video on using an FTDI cable to do the upgrades. No pi needed, but the process is the same to flash as if using a pi. Can be done on Windows and doesnt require the card to be in the 1200 for it. Links to the cable for cheaper than rip off bay are in the description.
Re: TF1260 Beta Firmware
Posted: 21 Nov 2021 13:53
by PaulJ_2.0
Is there a post/place to see/download the latest firmware?
I keep seeing people mentioning new firmware but cant see it released here or on github.
Re: TF1260 Beta Firmware
Posted: 21 Nov 2021 13:56
by terriblefire
PaulJ_2.0 wrote: 21 Nov 2021 13:53
Is there a post/place to see/download the latest firmware?
I keep seeing people mentioning new firmware but cant see it released here or on github.
I dont publish betas. Ever. They're on this thread.
Re: TF1260 Beta Firmware
Posted: 21 Nov 2021 13:58
by PaulJ_2.0
terriblefire wrote: 21 Nov 2021 13:56
I dont publish betas. Ever. They're on this thread.
Ah ok, that makes sense, thanks.
Re: TF1260 Beta Firmware
Posted: 21 Nov 2021 14:39
by Acill
PaulJ_2.0 wrote: 21 Nov 2021 13:53
Is there a post/place to see/download the latest firmware?
I keep seeing people mentioning new firmware but cant see it released here or on github.
The latest public releases is the first post in this thread. These are what I used.