Newbie and linux on virtex-II ppc
schardt
g.schardt at fz-juelich.de
Tue Aug 28 00:17:32 EST 2007
Grant Likely wrote:
> On 8/27/07, schardt <g.schardt at fz-juelich.de> wrote:
>
>> im a student from germany and i try to run linux on a virtex-II with
>> integrated powerpc.
>> i use the developer board DS-DB-2VP4/7-FG456 from Memec ( i think its
>> now avnet)
>>
>> what is running :
>>
>> - Xilinx EDK project (standalone program running fine, and BSP files
>> are generated)
>> the project has only one UARTLITE, 82MB SDRAM and a few kByte
>> blockram, and the systemace interface
>>
>> - crosscompiler toolchain works
>>
>> - after modified some defines in the xparameters.h i got a linux 2.4.
>> kernel (linuxppc) without compiler errors
>>
>
> I strongly recommend trying to bring up a 2.6 kernel, it's much easier.
>
okay, i'll try it :)
>
>> and yes, the uartlite driver is enabled :)
>>
>
> Don't modify xparams by hand; it's not worth the trouble. Go into
> software setting in your EDK project and select 'linux-2.6' as the OS.
> Generate the libraries and copy the generated xparameters_ml40x.h
> into your kernel tree.
>
>
i dont have this option. do i need a update ?
G
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