Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Its the same link as before! I just updated the file!
http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/rtslab/demos/amos/xupv2pro/patches/linuxppc-2.6.17_sysace.patch

-Ameet

Ming Liu wrote:
> Dear Ameet,
> Could you please give me a copy of your new driver for SystemACE?
> Regards
> Ming
> 
> 
>> From: Ameet Patil <ammubhai at gmail.com>
>> To: Ming Liu <eemingliu at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6
>> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:17:31 +0100
>>
>> Thats right! Sorry about the error! :-)
>>
>> Good luck with TEMAC!
>>
>> -Ameet
>>
>> Ming Liu wrote:
>> > Dear Ameet,
>> > OK. I found the problem. tts/0 should be a char device, not a block 
> one.
>> > so it should be c not b. I neglected that and just copied your 
> commands. :)
>> >
>> > Next, I will try to implement the Temac driver. If any information, I
>> > will let you know.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Ming
>> >
>> >
>> >> From: Ameet Patil <ammubhai at gmail.com>
>> >> To: Ming Liu <eemingliu at hotmail.com>
>> >> CC: linuxppc-embedded at ozlabs.org
>> >> Subject: Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6
>> >> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:42:42 +0100
>> >>
>> >> Hi Ming,
>> >>
>> >> Excellent News!
>> >>
>> >> Don't worry... the problem you are facing could be because of missing
>> >> device files in your /dev folder.
>> >>
>> >> Do as follows:
>> >> mount the CF card onto your PC and then goto the /dev folder on your
>> >> root filesystem in the card. Here run the following commands as root:
>> >> # mknod -m 660 console c 5 1
>> >> # mknod -m 660 xsa b 254 0
>> >> # mknod -m 660 xsa1 b 254 1
>> >> # mknod -m 660 xsa2 b 254 2
>> >> # mknod -m 660 xsa3 b 254 3
>> >> Now there should be a directory tts in your dev. If not create one
>> >> "mkdir tts". Then do this in the dev/tts folder,
>> >> # mknod -m 660 0 b 4 64
>> >>
>> >> > Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in 
> adapter.c
>> >> > file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code 
> and
>> >> I think you have the old patch. If you download the new one, the
>> >> compilation problem should not occur. But you resolved it yourself,...
>> >> which is good.
>> >>
>> >> Let me know if this works. I shall add this stuff in PART II of the
>> > article.
>> >>
>> >> -Ameet
>> >>
>> >> Ming Liu wrote:
>> >> > Dear Ameet,
>> >> > A good news is that now my 2.6 kernel is running in my ML403 board!
>> >> > According your guidance, first I made the kernel as simple as 
> possible
>> >> > and it works well. Then I included the patch for SystemACE and here 
> is
>> >> > the information shown on the hyper teminal:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/xsa3 [    0.000148]
>> >> > Console: colour dummy device 80x25
>> >> > [    0.000919] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 
> 65536
>> >> > bytes)
>> >> > [    0.002277] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768
>> > bytes)
>> >> > [    0.012802] Memory: 63104k available (1340k kernel code, 384k 
> data,
>> >> > 76k init,
>> >> > 0k highmem)
>> >> > [    0.230310] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
>> >> > [    0.238305] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
>> >> > [    0.238516] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096
>> > bytes)
>> >> > [    0.238817] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
>> >> > [    0.239435] JFS: nTxBlock = 493, nTxLock = 3944
>> >> > [    0.241883] Initializing Cryptographic API
>> >> > [    0.241940] io scheduler noop registered (default)
>> >> > [    0.322864] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, 
> IRQ
>> >> > sharing
>> >> > disabled
>> >> > [    0.324759] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x40401003 (irq = 1) is a
>> > 16550A
>> >> > [    1.653644] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K 
> size
>> >> > 1024 bloc
>> >> > ksize
>> >> > [    1.745079] loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
>> >> > [    1.793392]  xsa: xsa1 xsa2 xsa3
>> >> > [    1.839262] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
>> >> > [    1.935059] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
>> >> > [    2.000037] Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k init
>> >> > [    2.075656] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
>> >> >
>> >> > I use xsa3 as the partition to store the file system. Now the file
>> >> > system is the old one for my 2.4 kernel generated by busybox. Then I
>> >> > think that's why the problem "unable to open an initial console" is
>> >> > generated. Do you have some suggestion on how to solve it? Thanks 
> for
>> >> > your opinion.
>> >> > Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in 
> adapter.c
>> >> > file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code 
> and
>> >> > found that the function of XAssert is defined in the file
>> >> > xbasic_types.c, not the xbasic_types.h. So it cannot be included 
> into
>> >> > adapter.c. And also in the makefile there is no dependency on
>> >> > xbasic_types.c. So I added the defination for this function in
>> >> > adapter.c, copying it from xbasic_types.c. It then worked well.
>> >> > Waiting for your guidance. You know, an expert's opinion is always
>> >> > useful for a novice, like me. :)
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards
>> >> > Ming
>> >> >
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