From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from zam837.fz-juelich.de (zam837.fz-juelich.de [134.94.100.69]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 87D42DDE9E for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:01:32 +1000 (EST) Received: from [134.94.232.103] (zel201.zel.kfa-juelich.de [134.94.232.103])by zam837.fz-juelich.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B837310008B4for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:55:29 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46D2C9A5.9030708@fz-juelich.de> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:55:01 +0200 From: schardt MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Newbie and linux on virtex-II ppc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hello, 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) i hope my questions are not too stupid :-) 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 and yes, the uartlite driver is enabled :) but, when downloading the zImage.elf via XMD to the SDRAM and starting it with the run command nothing happens , or i think that nothings happens because the serial port is quiet. is it possible to run a kernel that way ? or need i some kind of bootloader ? or is this complete the wrong way ? Regards Georg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDirig'in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe Vorstand: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------