Re: AW: [microblaze-uclinux] New Digilentinc board

[Paul Hartke <phartke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Or http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/IMPACT/gsrc/hardwarelab/docs/kernel-HOWTO.html

I've already used these helpful references to get a Linux kernel running on
the PowerPC405 on the Digilent XUP-V2Pro board.  I'm new to ucLinux but it
doesn't appear to be much more complicated than the ucLinux steps.

Paul

Quoting Schunke Jan-Hendrik <Schunke@shf-communication.de>:
> Hi Aurash, hi John,
>
> We are working with the PPC on virtex2p. You do not need Monta Vista
> Linux.
> All you need is denx eldk: http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/ELDK
> And the penguin ppc linux distribution:
> http://www.penguinppc.org/kernel/#developers
> (we are using the 2.4 Kernel)
> To get started: http://www.klingauf.de/v2p/index.phtml might be helpful.
>
> On the other hand we are also using uClinux on spartan3.
> It is really a question of what hardware you have and what you want to do
> ;-)
>
> Have Fun
> Jan
>
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au
> > [mailto:owner-microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au] Im Auftrag
> > von John Williams
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 29. April 2005 13:03
> > An: microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au
> > Betreff: Re: [microblaze-uclinux] New Digilentinc board
> >
> >
> > Hi Aurash,
> >
> > Aurash wrote:
> > > Alex,
> > > that board is more prepared for Linux rather than uC-linux (2 x
> > > PowerPC
> > > processors)
> > > it's a waste to use uC-Linux in my opinion when the
> > processors can run
> > > with 300Mhz and they have MMU
> >
> > Given the origins and objectives of this board - (hint XUP = Xilinx
> > University Program) I think that uClinux on this thing makes as much
> > sense, if not more, than on any other .edu oriented board.  Showing
> > students a spectrum of embedded Linux, from small soft-CPU
> > (microblaze +
> > uClinux) to PPC + regular linux is potentially a very
> > valuable teaching
> > exercise.
> >
> > Of course, maybe I'm just biased :)  I'm also not inclined to
> > think it
> > reasonable for educational groups to pay the licensing fees
> > demanded by
> > Montavista for an open-source linux kernel distro.   I
> > noticed that Mind
> >   have an eval CD in the latest EDK package - let's hope they
> > are more
> > willing to work with universities than MontaVista...
> >
> > OK, that's enough opinion for now :P
> >
> > John
> >
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