> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linuxppc-embedded- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Desroches L. > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Virtex4] kernel2.6 or distribution > > > Hi, > > Sorry for my English, I am a French student. For my internship, I have to > implement Linux on a Virtex4. > > I know a few things about the Virtex4 because I am specialized in digital > electronic (VHDL). I have to choose a solution for the Linux to implement. > At this stage, I have some problems to determine the best solution probably > because things are not clear for me whereas I have read a book about Linux > embedded and seen a lot of websites. > > I have seen several distributions (maybe my vocable is false) from > MontaVista, LynuxWorks and others. I have seen also kernel2.6 for Virtex4 > (http://git.xilinx.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-xlnx.git;a=summary). I > would like to understand the difference between these two things.
The distributions contain kernel code that is heavily tested and stable, in addition to a toolchain, debuggers, rootfilesystem, etc. git.xilinx.com is just the kernel code, without anything else. git.xilinx.com also contains new code that is under development, rather than primarily stable code. > If I have understood MontaVista for example offers a solution with a C > library and drivers, isn't it ? So is it a better solution than kernel2.6 ? 'better' for what? development of new code? yes, most distributions use older kernels. building a sytem? Maybe... it depends on what features you need. learning? Maybe... It depends on what you already know and what you want to learn. > I prefer to start with the kernel given by xilinx, it is an internship so > the aim is to learn the more I can but I have to convince my tutor that it > is a better solution than MontaVista, BlueCat or µC/OSII. Do you have some > arguments ? > > Thanks for your help > > Best Regards > > --- > > Desroches Ludovic > ESIEE engineer : http://www.esiee.fr > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/-Virtex4--kernel2.6-or-distribution- > tp15291528p15291528.html > Sent from the linuxppc-embedded mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-embedded mailing list > [email protected] > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list [email protected] https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
