Hello Michael Haberler: There is a problem that I can't figure out.When I write the image to the SD card's boot partition with bmaptools successfully,then I can't find the SD card's boot partition in my debian system.I have posted the problem to machinekit groups in detail.
在 2016年8月22日星期一 UTC+8上午8:11:25，Michael Haberler写道： > > Hello Liu Fei, > > > > Am 21.08.2016 um 14:59 schrieb lf <[email protected] <javascript:>>: > > > > Dear all: > > I'm from China.Recently,I was compiling machinekit running on i386 > computer and zedboard.When I followed machinekit official Documentation in > the official website—http://www.machinekit.io/,I compile machinekit > successfully running on the Debain.But when I tried to cross compile > machinekit to run on zedboard,I found there are not official documentation > to follow.So I turned to https://github.com/machinekit/machinekit/issues > and I saw several issues about zedboard.I found there are someone has cross > compiled machinekit running on zedboard,and there are a video show— > https://youtu.be/_AcWxu475aY.I was encouraged. > > I found out there are a directory about cross compiling machinekit > running on zedboard,it is mksocfpga directory.But the README file tell > about QuartusProjects more and clearer,and I follow the README file in the > VivadoProjects directory when I executed ./make_bitfile.sh > microzed/microzed_jd2cb/config then I failed.I have looked back to the > make_bitfile.sh,I can't understand it embarrassedly.So I turn to there for > help.We also can discuss there. > > Thanks,guys. > > We do want machinekit and the hostmot2 FPGA running on both the Altera > CycloneV and Xilinx Zynq platforms as they have the greatest potential in > price/performance for machine control of any embedded platform on the > market. They blow away everything based on host-side-only signal generation > by at least two orders of magnitude short only of the Beaglebone/Sitara > platform - I have scoped stepgen at 3.6Mhz output and reliable A/B decoding > at 700kHz, which is plainly impossible with non-hardware accelerated > platforms. > > We are very close to reaching that goal, after over a year's work - see > the machinekit/machinekit and machinekit/mksocfpga issue tracker, where all > the related work is discussed. If you are interested I recommend to 'watch' > both repositories on github to stay up to date. In a sense, the tracker > issues are machinekit's developer exchange. > > to summarize where we are - > > - we currently focus on the Terasic DE0 Nano (cv) and MYIR Z-Turn and > Zedboard (zynq) as initial targets > - most of the software is generic - a new board might need an adapted > u-boot bootloader and matching devicetree but not much else in specifics > > - machinekit - software: > - a machinekit hostmot2 driver which covers both platforms exists and so > far works reliably; except for that driver's command line all the hostmot2 > documentation applies > - example configs exist but again are essentially hostmot2-style without > much surprises > - FPGA firmware config: > - cv: firmware for 4xMesanet 7i76, 1x7i76+1x7i85s+2xGPIO exists and > works - known to move metal reproducibly > - zynq: firmware for Zedboard, Z-turn exists, GPIO (no Mesanet support > AFAICT yet), Devin has a machine running with that > - continuous integration (meaning debian packages exist and are being > produced automatically if a github PR is merged): > - machinekit: done - you do NOT have to build for 'zedboard' or some > other board as the hostmot2 driver support is completely generic and even > binary compatible, and covers both platforms > - u-boot boot loaders for all platforms: done > - RT-PREEMPT kernels for all platforms: done > - FPGA firmware for CycloneV: done > - FPGA firmware for Zynq platforms: in very late stages, Devin is busy > touching this up > - SD image assembly: > - we have had a preliminary SD image for the Terasic DE0 nano board for > a while: > https://gist.github.com/mhaberler/89a813dc70688e35d8848e8e467a1337, this > image has been used by a few people and so far no major damage reports have > come in - it is a 'developer preview' with machinekit as a 'run in place' > build compiled for easy updating and debugging (i.e does currently not use > the machinekit debian packages) > - I am currently working on an same-style SD image for the Zynq > platforms - the first booting CI build happened yesterday and does not yet > have all the latest fixes in but I do not expect showstoppers; this image > should support all Zynq platforms provided the device tree is adapted for > in the boot phase - everything else is generic, as is the linux kernel. > - these images are console images at this time - no display support as > of yet. You will have to work through remote X11. > > 'we' are Michael Brown, Charles Steinkuehler, Devin Hughes, Bas de Brujin, > and myself. > > > All this is currently not yet in shape as turn-key image for beginners > which is why we have not made a lot of noise about it, but the dust is > settling. > > > Since it seems you are an advanced user it'd be great to add you to 'we', > provided some patience as we will face some more iterations on the Zynq > side. > > My recommendation would be to read up in particular on: > > https://github.com/machinekit/machinekit/issues/915 > https://github.com/machinekit/machinekit/issues/687 > https://github.com/machinekit/mksocfpga/issues/20 > https://github.com/machinekit/machinekit/issues/903 and all other issues > in https://github.com/machinekit/mksocfpga/issues to get the idea how > things came about > > and then tune in on https://github.com/machinekit/mksocfpga/issues/20 as > the Zynq SD image matures. > > if you are ready for some immediate pain ;) : > - download the image in > http://deb.mah.priv.at/uploads/zynq/debian-8.5-console-armhf-2016-08-21 > - write it to an SD card with bmaptools > - mount the linux partition of that card on some linux machine, and > inspect /boot/dtbs - I guess you will have to change /boot/uEnv.txt > dtb=zynq-zturn.dtb to dtb=zynq-zed.dtb > - hope it boots > - login as machinekit, sudo apt update/upgrade > - see the firmware files in /lib/firmware/zynq and the dtbo's in > /lib/firmware/zynq/dtbo and read up on github.com/machinekit/mksocfpga > what they provide > - study the configs in /home/machinekit/machinekit/configs/hm2-soc-stepper > - the 5i25-zynq.ini is a starting point - no guarantees it works out of > the box > - the irqtest.hal test script contains the latest syntax and options for > the hostmot2 and hm2_soc_ol components, take clues and adapt from there > > As soon as you get something working we'd be looking for your pull > requests! > > best regards, > - Michael > > > > > > > -- > > website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io > github: https://github.com/machinekit > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Machinekit" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. 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