MontaVista 2.6 Kernel support for Xilinx ML40x

Wade Maxfield wmaxfield at gmail.com
Fri Aug 25 03:57:55 EST 2006


Good question.  How long before lockup?  The only core that should be
licensed is the ethernet, and I know it was sysgened on a system with a
license.  This is the Xilinx reference design for the ml403 board.


On 8/24/06, Peter Ryser <peter.ryser at xilinx.com> wrote:
>
>  Wade,
>
> are you sure that you did not build your hardware with evaluation cores of
> the licenses? If you are using the evaluation licenses the hardware (FPGA
> design) will stop working after a certain amount of time and you will see a
> lock-up.
>
> - Peter
>
>
> Wade Maxfield wrote:
>
>
>   I've got the LSP, and have booted it on the ML40X.
>
>   In my opinion it is currently unstable, but that is my opinion.  I've
> not been able to keep it powered up for 24 hours without it locking up on
> the RS232 serial terminal.  Also, running updatedb over nfs causes it to
> abort with a kernel panic, although that might be an interraction with the
> nfs server.  (Although even if the nfs server dies (which it did not), I
> don't expect a kernel panic).
>
>    I have had it run over 6 hours without issue, so I expect subtle memory
> leaks, not serious problems.
>
>
>
> On 8/24/06, Claus Gindhart < claus.gindhart at kontron.com> wrote:
> >
> > Frank,
> >
> > due to my understanding of the GPL (and i have already invested some
> > time
> > in understanding the various flavours of open source licences), you
> > should
> > contact Montavista, and ask them for the sources.
> >
> > This board adaption is derivative work of the GPL Kernel, so the result
> > of
> > this work also falls under the GPL, and has to be made freely available
> > under the terms of the GPL.
> >
> > --
> > Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards
> >
> > Claus Gindhart
> > SW R&D
> > Kontron Modular Computers
> > phone :++49 (0)8341-803-374
> > mailto:claus.gindhart at kontron-modular.com
> > http://www.kontron.com
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> > From: linuxppc-embedded-bounces+claus.gindhart=kontron.com at ozlabs.org
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> > On Behalf Of Frank D Lombardo
> > Sent: Donnerstag, 24. August 2006 15:59
> > To: linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org
> > Subject: MontaVista 2.6 Kernel support for Xilinx ML40x
> >
> >
> > I noticed that MontaVista now has their Pro 4.0 version (2.6 Kernel)
> > available for the Xilinx ML40x series of boards.  I would assume that
> > means driver support for at least most of the hardware on the boards.
> > Is this code that should be freely available?  How would one get a copy
> > of these drivers?  I am interested in drivers for the ML403.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Frank
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