Andrew- >It is my understanding that TI marks a chip TMX until all qualification >testing has been completed. If no chip revisions are required, then the >part is labelled TMS without requiring updates to the Chip ID or Rev. Maybe, but if the silicon actually *is* different, then why doesn't the CSR value change? For example, the TMX C6211 has a McBSP bug, the TMS C6211 fixes this bug. If it walks like a silicon change, talks like one, smells like one... Jeff Brower Signalogic >At 10:42 PM 5/17/01 +0000, wrote: >>Hello all, >> >>Does anyone out there know any tricks to determining the difference >>between the TMS and TMX versions of the C6211? Normally a chip >>version can be determined by the upper half of the CSR (the 8-bit >>Chip ID and 8-bit Rev ID)... but in this case it seems that the TMS >>and TMX 6211 have identical CSRs. Does anyone know another way to >>check it, or know of a hack (e.g testing for errata symptoms) that >>has been known to work? Any info would be appreciated. >> >> >>Donald Eubanks >>Signalogic, Inc. >>9617 Wendell Rd. @ Skillman >>Dallas, TX 75241 >>214-343-0069 |