From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: Virtex II Pro/405GP From: James Campbell To: Peter Ryser Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org In-Reply-To: <3CBC9FBC.CC205D36@xilinx.com> References: <1018722334.3710.3.camel@skoll.omnigon.com> <3CBC7F1B.FF597841@xilinx.com> <1018990141.2034.12.camel@skoll.omnigon.com> <3CBC9FBC.CC205D36@xilinx.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: 16 Apr 2002 15:54:18 -0700 Message-Id: <1018997659.1463.2.camel@skoll.omnigon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 15:03, Peter Ryser wrote: > > > I was just curious if you had to use any esoteric patches on the (v2.5 > > I'm assuming) kernel? > > There are some patches. They are not esoteric and not publicly available at this > time :-( Ah, we have a very good relationship with our FAE here through Insight/Xilinx, any chance we would be able to get the patches even if they were not public (yet)? > > Also, did you have to worry about using a full > > featured boot loader like ppcboot? > > No, just use an external debugger to load the kernel into memory or use external > ROM or use the internal BRAM or System ACE (my favorite). > We are working on PPCBoot if you really need a full-blown boot loader. > > - Peter Erm, we have alot of experiance porting PPCBoot to the MPC8260, and with the BDI-2000, so I'll have to see what I can make of it. Thanks for all the info. Cheers, James Campbell -- James Campbell -|- Embedded Systems Engineer jcampbell@omnigon.com -|- Omnigon International pgp: DA57 E174 4769 1B9D D0DF 73E6 D639 D867 A576 A5AE work: +1.760.804.8884 x 332 cell: +1.760.803.8476 -- I bestride this world like a Colossus. A very small Colussus. Without a torch. Made of meat. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/