I just read most of the thread, Is clear that another maintainer for meta-xilinx is needed :)
To summarize spartan6-lx9mb I only succeed in building an initramfs image, using Xilinx prebuilt toolchain. Check recipes-core/images/initramfs-image in microblaze-support branch The only build step that I found are here http://wiki.secretlab.ca/Poky_Linux_Microblaze_support Which are for Microblaze in Virtex5 M507; At the time that I was working to integrate Microblaze I never pass to successfully build gcc (4.5.0) but probably with newer gcc it could be different story. Regards On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Trevor, > > On Sep 13, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Trevor Woerner wrote: > > > > ~$300 for the SP601 is certainly not too onerous. If I start to see > > more success with yocto I will definitely consider it. > > > > Other options include: > > - qemu (maybe getting yocto to run/build a microblaze qemu image would be > > nice) > > - the spartan-6 version of the papilio board (which is either going to > > be a papilio plus or the papilio pro) > > > > I do have one question though: if I had the SP601, would I be able to > > download (for free) an synthesize (using the freely available ISE > > tools) a microblaze and/or a PPC soft core? Or would I need to pay for > > those components (and if so, how much)? > > There are two parts of the design suite, ISE (for VHDL and Verilog) > development, and XPS (EDK) for re-using the Xilinx IP cores in > a project. To edit microblaze projects, you would need an EDK > license. The standard webpack only includes a license for the ISE > component, and is usually device locked to a particular set of > devices, usually the low-end FPGAs. > > The SP601 comes only with the WebPack software, so hmm no, not > suitable for what you want to do. > > What you really need is the ISE Embedded Edition or System Edition, > in order to be able to configure your IP cores using the Xilinx > Base System Builder, so that you can design your peripherals > around a MicroBlaze (Virtex, Spartan) or ARM (Zynq) processor core. > > There are no soft PowerPC IP cores, only hard PowerPC IP cores on > specific Virtex 4 (PPC405) / 5 (PPC440) FPGA variants, with the FXT > designation. > > Xilinx stopped using PowerPC hard cores with the Virtex 5 series. > > So, series-6 and series-7 FPGAs don't have PowerPC any more, and the only > option was to use a soft core processor like the microblaze. In the specific > case of the Zynq series, they have a dual ARM Cortex-A9 hard core processor. > > I find that the Spartan-6 Embedded Kit (SP605 + ISE Design Suite Embedded > Edition) gives you want you want, and the price listed on the website is > USD$695. > > http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/DK-S6-EMBD-G.htm > > The other option is the Zynq-EPP 7020 platform which includes the base board > with the ARM processor, and ISE Design Suite System Edition for USD$895. > > Best regards, > > Elvis Dowson > > > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto -- Saludos Adrian Alonso http://aalonso.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto
