RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If it's coming from two different parts of the chip with two > independent reset signals, then yes there is always suspicion that > they are unaligned. I didn't realize there were different resets. It should be change

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread George Nychis
Eric Schneider wrote: -Original Message- From: George Nychis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not sure what code you started from, Eric S. ... I had mentioned I had some fixes in my own developer branch, one of which was making sure there was only 1 counter: http://gnuradio.org/trac/change

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: George Nychis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm not sure what code you started from, Eric S. ... I had mentioned I > had some fixes in my own developer branch, one of which was making sure > there was only 1 counter: > http://gnuradio.org/trac/changeset/8987 > htt

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: George Nychis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Just going to chime in here with nothing really too important, because > this isn't really my area. But, I am trying to follow discussion here, > and I appreciate you working on this Eric. > > As for your segmentati

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread George Nychis
Eric Blossom wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 04:49:23PM -0400, Brian Padalino wrote: Problems arise when you want to ensure your FIFO is not full and not empty. As a message passing mechanism, it works pretty well as just a DPRAM. As the FIFO, there are counters involved which can cause timin

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Blossom
On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 04:49:23PM -0400, Brian Padalino wrote: > > Problems arise when you want to ensure your FIFO is not full and not > empty. As a message passing mechanism, it works pretty well as just a > DPRAM. As the FIFO, there are counters involved which can cause > timing issues when

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread George Nychis
Just going to chime in here with nothing really too important, because this isn't really my area. But, I am trying to follow discussion here, and I appreciate you working on this Eric. As for your segmentation faults, if you e-mail me your RBF where you're getting these, I can poke at why you

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Brian Padalino
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Eric Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have no direct knowledge regarding this, but from reading the Cyclone > datasheets it seems like the MK4 blocks natively support two fully > independent asynchronous r/w ports. Where would the problems arise? A > clock

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No. It just seems silly to have a hard wrapper (fifo_1kx16_dc_la) for > a generic wrapper (dcfifo). It would be nice if there was an > identification of the different FIFOs and made those aspects generics > to a t

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Brian Padalino
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Eric Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the input Brian. A few comments inline. > > Are you talking about not using the megacells at all? I see your point, but > I don't see it as a high priority. No. It just seems silly to have a hard wrapper (fif

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Eric Schneider
Thanks for the input Brian. A few comments inline. > -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 7:58 AM > To: Eric Schneider > Cc: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buf

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-08 Thread Brian Padalino
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Eric Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On that note, I'd like to get refactoring suggestions. I don't like all the different memory megacells. Wrap the altsyncram/fifo with the generics you require and pass those in using the same module underneath. It reduce

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-07 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 3:03 PM > I am disappointed by the prioritization scheme for the channels and > would have rather seen a more fair round-robin approach instead of a > priority encoder. Man, tough cro

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-07 Thread Brian Padalino
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Eric Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They were from the 1 channel build. > > Here is a snippet from inband_2rxhb_2tx.rbf: > > ch: 0 s: 965745 delta: 8064 > ch: 1 s: 965745 delta: 8064 > ch: 0 s: 973809 delta: 8064 > ch: 1 s: 973809

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-07 Thread Eric Schneider
> -Original Message- > From: Brian Padalino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 7:21 AM > > Were these results for the 2 channel mode? > > What is the size difference within the USRP when using 2 channels? Is > it significant or pretty insignificant? They were f

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] FPGA / new rx_buffer_inband

2008-09-07 Thread Brian Padalino
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:28 AM, Eric Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those interested, > > > > I've committed my changes to the inband RX buffering subsystem. It is > available at: > > > > http://gnuradio.org/svn/gnuradio/branches/developers/ets/inband/usrp/fpga > > > > Source only at t