Re: Running Linux on FPGA

2007-01-22 Thread Kevin D. Kissell
> On Jan 21 2007 00:14, Ralf Baechle wrote: > >On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 11:42:37PM +, sathesh babu wrote: > > > >> I am trying to run Linux-2.6.18.2 ( with preemption enable) > >> kernel on FPGA board which has MIPS24KE processor runs at 12 > >> MHZ. Programmed the timer to give interrupt

Re: Running Linux on FPGA

2007-01-21 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 21 2007 00:14, Ralf Baechle wrote: >On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 11:42:37PM +, sathesh babu wrote: > >> I am trying to run Linux-2.6.18.2 ( with preemption enable) >> kernel on FPGA board which has MIPS24KE processor runs at 12 >> MHZ. Programmed the timer to give interrupt at every 10

Re: Running Linux on FPGA

2007-01-21 Thread Kevin D. Kissell
> > The overhead of timer interrupts at this low clockrate is significant > > so I recommend to minimize the timer interrupt rate as far as possible. > > This is really a tradeoff between latency and overhead and matters > > much less on hardcores which run at hundreds of MHz. For power sensitive

Re: Running Linux on FPGA

2007-01-21 Thread Sunil Naidu
On 1/21/07, Ralf Baechle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The overhead of timer interrupts at this low clockrate is significant so I recommend to minimize the timer interrupt rate as far as possible. This is really a tradeoff between latency and overhead and matters much less on hardcores which run at

Re: Running Linux on FPGA

2007-01-20 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 11:42:37PM +, sathesh babu wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to run Linux-2.6.18.2 ( with preemption enable) kernel on FPGA > board which has MIPS24KE processor runs at 12 MHZ. Programmed the timer to > give interrupt at every 10msec. > I am seeing some inconsistence beh