* yocto supported freescale eval boards
@ 2011-03-05 15:22 Robert Berger
2011-03-05 15:45 ` Darren Hart
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Robert Berger @ 2011-03-05 15:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: yocto
Hi,
A customer asked for a training with a freescale eval board and I would
like to use yocto for it.
What I found from the documentation is, that the MPC8313E-RDB Reference
Platform is supported. I'm a bit confused by a list, which can be found
on the Freescale website:
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8313E-RDB&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&pspll=1&fromSearch=false
It says:
MPC8313E-RDB,Hardware Only 8313E PROCESSOR BD (SOCK Hardware Not
Recommended for New Design)
MPC8313E-RDB-T, MPC8313E-RDB-U, MPC8313E-RDB-UT, MPC8313E-RDBB seem to
be still supported. What's the difference? What would you recommend?
Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
What would you recommend? Are there more Freescale eval boards going to
be supported by yocto in the near future?
Regards,
Robert...In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that
someone, omewhere is having fun with a computer on company time.
Networks help alleviate that fear.
My public pgp key is available at:
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* Re: yocto supported freescale eval boards
2011-03-05 15:22 yocto supported freescale eval boards Robert Berger
@ 2011-03-05 15:45 ` Darren Hart
2011-03-06 0:52 ` Bruce Ashfield
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Darren Hart @ 2011-03-05 15:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gmane; +Cc: yocto
On 03/05/2011 07:22 AM, Robert Berger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A customer asked for a training with a freescale eval board and I would
> like to use yocto for it.
>
> What I found from the documentation is, that the MPC8313E-RDB Reference
> Platform is supported. I'm a bit confused by a list, which can be found
> on the Freescale website:
>
> http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8313E-RDB&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&pspll=1&fromSearch=false
>
> It says:
> MPC8313E-RDB,Hardware Only 8313E PROCESSOR BD (SOCK Hardware Not
> Recommended for New Design)
>
> MPC8313E-RDB-T, MPC8313E-RDB-U, MPC8313E-RDB-UT, MPC8313E-RDBB seem to
> be still supported. What's the difference? What would you recommend?
>
>
> Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
>
> What would you recommend? Are there more Freescale eval boards going to
> be supported by yocto in the near future?
We're currently using the following board.
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
I don't know which upcoming boards are likely to be adopted, perhaps
Bruce (CC'd) will have some ideas?
--
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel
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* Re: yocto supported freescale eval boards
2011-03-05 15:45 ` Darren Hart
@ 2011-03-06 0:52 ` Bruce Ashfield
2011-03-06 8:18 ` Robert Berger
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bruce Ashfield @ 2011-03-06 0:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Darren Hart; +Cc: gmane, yocto
On 11-03-05 10:45 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On 03/05/2011 07:22 AM, Robert Berger wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> A customer asked for a training with a freescale eval board and I would
>> like to use yocto for it.
>>
>> What I found from the documentation is, that the MPC8313E-RDB Reference
>> Platform is supported. I'm a bit confused by a list, which can be found
>> on the Freescale website:
>>
>> http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8313E-RDB&tab=Buy_Parametric_Tab&pspll=1&fromSearch=false
>>
>>
>> It says:
>> MPC8313E-RDB,Hardware Only 8313E PROCESSOR BD (SOCK Hardware Not
>> Recommended for New Design)
>>
>> MPC8313E-RDB-T, MPC8313E-RDB-U, MPC8313E-RDB-UT, MPC8313E-RDBB seem to
>> be still supported. What's the difference? What would you recommend?
>>
>>
>> Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
The imx31ads is supported by older non linux-yocto recipes, so it
may have some bit rot at the moment. Until it gets refreshed onto
a linux-yocto base, your mileage will vary with it.
>>
>> What would you recommend? Are there more Freescale eval boards going to
>> be supported by yocto in the near future?
>
>
> We're currently using the following board.
>
> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
Confirmed. This is the board we are currently using.
>
>
> I don't know which upcoming boards are likely to be adopted, perhaps
> Bruce (CC'd) will have some ideas?
There are definitely plans to update/refresh the FSL/e500 board
options. Unofficially there's a whole set of boards that will
work fine, and there's a good pool of good quality BSPs that are
viable options.
I hesitate to say more, since nothing has been quite chosen yet
and I'd be speculating or worse misleading at this point. But
a newer e500 based board is something that will arrive once
everything falls into place.
That being said, I can suggest/help with the addition of any of
a number of FSL powerpc based boards, it all depends on what
the requirements are for the board. Does it just have to
be readily available ? Less than 'x' dollars ? Any particular
peripheral support ?
Cheers,
Bruce
>
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* Re: yocto supported freescale eval boards
2011-03-06 0:52 ` Bruce Ashfield
@ 2011-03-06 8:18 ` Robert Berger
2011-03-07 7:48 ` Bruce Ashfield
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Robert Berger @ 2011-03-06 8:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: yocto
Hi Darren, Bruce,
On 03/06/2011 02:52 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
>
> The imx31ads is supported by older non linux-yocto recipes, so it
> may have some bit rot at the moment. Until it gets refreshed onto
> a linux-yocto base, your mileage will vary with it.
Thanks for the hint;)
>
>>
>> We're currently using the following board.
>>
>> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
>>
>
> Confirmed. This is the board we are currently using.
>
>
> There are definitely plans to update/refresh the FSL/e500 board
> options. Unofficially there's a whole set of boards that will
> work fine, and there's a good pool of good quality BSPs that are
> viable options.
>
> I hesitate to say more, since nothing has been quite chosen yet
> and I'd be speculating or worse misleading at this point. But
> a newer e500 based board is something that will arrive once
> everything falls into place.
Do you happen to have some time estimation for this?
>
> That being said, I can suggest/help with the addition of any of
> a number of FSL powerpc based boards, it all depends on what
> the requirements are for the board. Does it just have to
> be readily available ? Less than 'x' dollars ? Any particular
> peripheral support ?
I'm doing a 5 days "Introduction to Embedded Linux" and a 5 days "Device
Drivers and Kernel Internals" training which are pretty much hardware
independent. Just want to avoid using LTIB and want to use yocto
instead, since a "mainline" kernel is definitely preferred over whatever
comes with LTIB. Most likely mainline will work with most of the powerpc
based boards as long as I don't need any fancy peripherals.
Thanks for the offer to help me adding a board. I'll have a chat with my
customer and will let you know.
Regards,
Robert
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bruce
>
>>
>
...I read the system requirements label on a software package recently.
It said "requires Windows NT or better". So I installed Unix. -- from a FAQ
My public pgp key is available at:
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90320BF1
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* Re: yocto supported freescale eval boards
2011-03-06 8:18 ` Robert Berger
@ 2011-03-07 7:48 ` Bruce Ashfield
2011-03-16 20:42 ` Robert Berger
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bruce Ashfield @ 2011-03-07 7:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gmane; +Cc: yocto
On 11-03-06 03:18 AM, Robert Berger wrote:
> Hi Darren, Bruce,
>
> On 03/06/2011 02:52 AM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
>>
>> The imx31ads is supported by older non linux-yocto recipes, so it
>> may have some bit rot at the moment. Until it gets refreshed onto
>> a linux-yocto base, your mileage will vary with it.
>
> Thanks for the hint;)
>
>>
>>>
>>> We're currently using the following board.
>>>
>>> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
>>>
>>
>> Confirmed. This is the board we are currently using.
>>
>>
>> There are definitely plans to update/refresh the FSL/e500 board
>> options. Unofficially there's a whole set of boards that will
>> work fine, and there's a good pool of good quality BSPs that are
>> viable options.
>>
>> I hesitate to say more, since nothing has been quite chosen yet
>> and I'd be speculating or worse misleading at this point. But
>> a newer e500 based board is something that will arrive once
>> everything falls into place.
>
> Do you happen to have some time estimation for this?
Nothing that I'd call a solid commitment at the moment.
Hopefully this will be something we can clarify in
the next little while.
>
>>
>> That being said, I can suggest/help with the addition of any of
>> a number of FSL powerpc based boards, it all depends on what
>> the requirements are for the board. Does it just have to
>> be readily available ? Less than 'x' dollars ? Any particular
>> peripheral support ?
>
> I'm doing a 5 days "Introduction to Embedded Linux" and a 5 days "Device
> Drivers and Kernel Internals" training which are pretty much hardware
> independent. Just want to avoid using LTIB and want to use yocto
> instead, since a "mainline" kernel is definitely preferred over whatever
> comes with LTIB. Most likely mainline will work with most of the powerpc
> based boards as long as I don't need any fancy peripherals.
A reasonable requirement and something that leaves a good
set of boards available.
>
> Thanks for the offer to help me adding a board. I'll have a chat with my
> customer and will let you know
Sounds good.
Bruce
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>>
>>
>
> ...I read the system requirements label on a software package recently.
> It said "requires Windows NT or better". So I installed Unix. -- from a FAQ
>
> My public pgp key is available at:
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90320BF1
>
>
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* Re: yocto supported freescale eval boards
2011-03-07 7:48 ` Bruce Ashfield
@ 2011-03-16 20:42 ` Robert Berger
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Robert Berger @ 2011-03-16 20:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: yocto
Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We're currently using the following board.
>>>>
>>>> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
>>>>
Just FYI it looks like this board is not available in Europe from
Digikey due to U.S. export controls. Some kind of top secret U.S.
hardware, I guess ;)
As an alternative solution, which you can actually get in Europe I
ordered this: http://www.denx-cs.de/?q=mpc8315e-rdb
No ND at the and, still I hope it's going to work.
Regards,
Robert..."The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from
or fight its enemies is lunch." - Michael Friedman
My public pgp key is available at:
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90320BF1
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