Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
Good to hear that you got everything working. Just as a note: XAPP542 (http://direct.xilinx.com/bvdocs/appnotes/xapp542.pdf) contains a patch for the Linux kernel to make it work together with U-Boot. Does linuxppc-2.4 still accept patches? - Peter Keith J Outwater wrote: Hi Peter - Well, the good news is that it works, and works well. In my humble opinion, supporting it would be pretty simple, but I completely understand why RHEL is the supported distribution. I would much rather see effort put into polishing up EDK under Linux than in supporting every Linux distro out there. For me, the bottom line was this: do I want to migrate all of other development activities from FC4 to RHEL for the sake of EDK, or try to run EDK under FC4? I tried the latter approach, and now that the Jungo WinDriver v7.1 is out, parallel port debugging works by simply using WinDriver 7.1 and patching the Xilinx XPC4 parport driver. I now have the kernel booting on a Memec 2VP50 eval board using U-Boot as the bootloader. I used the linuxppc-2.4 kernel rsynced from MontaVista. That particular kernel did not have support for U-Boot but it did support the ML300 and a Memec 2VP40/2VP70 board. I had to modify the kernel to accept a board description structure from U-Boot and I added a new board type for my custom hardware. The approach I took was definitely the roll your own approach, but then again I've done this (Linux board ports) a couple times and I know U-Boot well. Keith Peter Ryser peter.ryser at xilinx.com wrote on 08/18/2005 07:39:21 AM: I am running all of my development tools (EDK, ISE, ELDK, etc...) under Fedora Core 4, so I am looking for a publicly accessible kernel source tree that best supports the PPC405 in the Virtex II Pro. Keep in mind that EDK and ISE are not officially supported on FC4. Anyway, with EDK, ISE, and ELDK you seem to have all that is needed to get started with Linux on Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4. - Peter
Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
I am running all of my development tools (EDK, ISE, ELDK, etc...) under Fedora Core 4, so I am looking for a publicly accessible kernel source tree that best supports the PPC405 in the Virtex II Pro. Keep in mind that EDK and ISE are not officially supported on FC4. Anyway, with EDK, ISE, and ELDK you seem to have all that is needed to get started with Linux on Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4. - Peter
Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
Hi Peter - Well, the good news is that it works, and works well. In my humble opinion, supporting it would be pretty simple, but I completely understand why RHEL is the supported distribution. I would much rather see effort put into polishing up EDK under Linux than in supporting every Linux distro out there. For me, the bottom line was this: do I want to migrate all of other development activities from FC4 to RHEL for the sake of EDK, or try to run EDK under FC4? I tried the latter approach, and now that the Jungo WinDriver v7.1 is out, parallel port debugging works by simply using WinDriver 7.1 and patching the Xilinx XPC4 parport driver. I now have the kernel booting on a Memec 2VP50 eval board using U-Boot as the bootloader. I used the linuxppc-2.4 kernel rsynced from MontaVista. That particular kernel did not have support for U-Boot but it did support the ML300 and a Memec 2VP40/2VP70 board. I had to modify the kernel to accept a board description structure from U-Boot and I added a new board type for my custom hardware. The approach I took was definitely the roll your own approach, but then again I've done this (Linux board ports) a couple times and I know U-Boot well. Keith Peter Ryser peter.ryser at xilinx.com wrote on 08/18/2005 07:39:21 AM: I am running all of my development tools (EDK, ISE, ELDK, etc...) under Fedora Core 4, so I am looking for a publicly accessible kernel source tree that best supports the PPC405 in the Virtex II Pro. Keep in mind that EDK and ISE are not officially supported on FC4. Anyway, with EDK, ISE, and ELDK you seem to have all that is needed to get started with Linux on Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-4. - Peter
Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
Keith J Outwater wrote: Hello all - I am designing an embedded system using a Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA. Can anyone point me to the best kernel source tree to use ? Best in this case means: 1. A 2.4 series kernel with good support for Xilinx peripheral devices (existing Xilinx ML300 support is fine). 2. Good stability By default I'll use the Montavista linuxppc_2.4 tree unless there is a better choice out there. If you mean the rsync access to source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.4 then yes, this is the most recent (as regards to Virtex II Pro support) community 2.4 tree. Thanks, Andrei Thanks! Keith ___ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
Hi Andrei - Just to be clear: we are talking about linuxppc-2.4 NOT linuxppc_2_4_devel, right? Keith Andrei Konovalov akonovalov at ru.mvista.com wrote on 08/16/2005 03:38:39 AM: Keith J Outwater wrote: Hello all - I am designing an embedded system using a Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA. Can anyone point me to the best kernel source tree to use ? Best in this case means: 1. A 2.4 series kernel with good support for Xilinx peripheral devices (existing Xilinx ML300 support is fine). 2. Good stability By default I'll use the Montavista linuxppc_2.4 tree unless there is a better choice out there. If you mean the rsync access to source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.4 then yes, this is the most recent (as regards to Virtex II Pro support) community 2.4 tree. Thanks, Andrei Thanks! Keith ___ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
Keith J Outwater wrote: Hi Andrei - Just to be clear: we are talking about linuxppc-2.4 NOT linuxppc_2_4_devel, right? Correct. Thanks, Andrei Keith Andrei Konovalov akonovalov at ru.mvista.com wrote on 08/16/2005 03:38:39 AM: Keith J Outwater wrote: Hello all - I am designing an embedded system using a Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA. Can anyone point me to the best kernel source tree to use ? Best in this case means: 1. A 2.4 series kernel with good support for Xilinx peripheral devices (existing Xilinx ML300 support is fine). 2. Good stability By default I'll use the Montavista linuxppc_2.4 tree unless there is a better choice out there. If you mean the rsync access to source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.4 then yes, this is the most recent (as regards to Virtex II Pro support) community 2.4 tree. Thanks, Andrei Thanks! Keith ___ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded ___ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
Thanks Andrei. Last question: do you know of any non bitkeeper repositories? I'm stuck behind a firewall here. Thanks, Keith Andrei Konovalov akonovalov at ru.mvista.com wrote on 08/16/2005 09:15:04 AM: Keith J Outwater wrote: Hi Andrei - Just to be clear: we are talking about linuxppc-2.4 NOT linuxppc_2_4_devel, right? Correct. Thanks, Andrei Keith Andrei Konovalov akonovalov at ru.mvista.com wrote on 08/16/2005 03:38:39 AM: Keith J Outwater wrote: Hello all - I am designing an embedded system using a Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA. Can anyone point me to the best kernel source tree to use ? Best in this case means: 1. A 2.4 series kernel with good support for Xilinx peripheral devices (existing Xilinx ML300 support is fine). 2. Good stability By default I'll use the Montavista linuxppc_2.4 tree unless there is a better choice out there. If you mean the rsync access to source.mvista.com::linuxppc-2.4 then yes, this is the most recent (as regards to Virtex II Pro support) community 2.4 tree. Thanks, Andrei Thanks! Keith ___ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded ___ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
Hi Peter - Yes, I have looked at both xapp765 and xapp542. In order to get the kernel source mentioned in the app note, I have to get the Monta Vista preview kit and get it installed. The preview kit will not install under Fedora Core 4 - the encryption stuff is broken (and the fix in the Monta Vista FAQ does not work). I am running all of my development tools (EDK, ISE, ELDK, etc...) under Fedora Core 4, so I am looking for a publicly accessible kernel source tree that best supports the PPC405 in the Virtex II Pro. Keith Peter Ryser peter.ryser at xilinx.com wrote on 08/15/2005 09:15:42 PM: You might want to look at Xilinx Application Note 765 (XAPP765, http://www.xilinx.com/bvdocs/appnotes/xapp765.pdf) for some instructions on how to get started with EDK and Linux. All source is published in linuxppc-2.4. - Peter Keith J Outwater wrote: Hello all - I am designing an embedded system using a Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA. Can anyone point me to the best kernel source tree to use ? Best in this case means: 1. A 2.4 series kernel with good support for Xilinx peripheral devices (existing Xilinx ML300 support is fine). 2. Good stability By default I'll use the Montavista linuxppc_2.4 tree unless there is a better choice out there. Thanks! Keith ___ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
Best kernel for Xilinx VirtexII Pro/PPC405 ?
You might want to look at Xilinx Application Note 765 (XAPP765, http://www.xilinx.com/bvdocs/appnotes/xapp765.pdf) for some instructions on how to get started with EDK and Linux. All source is published in linuxppc-2.4. - Peter Keith J Outwater wrote: Hello all - I am designing an embedded system using a Xilinx Virtex II Pro FPGA. Can anyone point me to the best kernel source tree to use ? Best in this case means: 1. A 2.4 series kernel with good support for Xilinx peripheral devices (existing Xilinx ML300 support is fine). 2. Good stability By default I'll use the Montavista linuxppc_2.4 tree unless there is a better choice out there. Thanks! Keith ___ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
