Making the Kernel

Making the Kernel

[Jacob Holladay Poteet]

Good Afternoon,

I've gone through the process of configuring a kernel for my Xilinx
board design using the mhs->devtree, dts+'make menuconfig'
options->'make all' process and things seem to have succeeded. I was
under the expectation that I would find a file
arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.virtex, which is a type of .elf file that I can
use to make a bitstream, but I didn't find this said file in the output.
I found several zImage files (zImage,
zImage.pmac,.miboot,.chrp,.lds,.cofflds), but none of them had the
desired '.virtex' extension. Am I looking for something that doesn't
exist? If not, can someone help me generate the necessary file?

This is my first time through this process so I appreciate your advice.

Sincerely,
Jake Poteet

RE: Making the Kernel

[Stephen Neuendorffer]

The kernel at git.xilinx.com has a rule to make zImage.virtex.  Note
that this elf file will almost certainly *not* fit in blockram, hence
you can't use it to 'make a bitstream'.  You can use it to generate a
SystemAce file, however.

If you are using a current mainline kernel, then you need to make a
simpleImage, which requires having a dts file that starts with the
'virtex-' prefix.

Steve

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Holladay Poteet
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:09 PM
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> Subject: Making the Kernel
> =

> Good Afternoon,
> =

> I've gone through the process of configuring a kernel for my Xilinx
> board design using the mhs->devtree, dts+'make menuconfig'
> options->'make all' process and things seem to have succeeded. I was
> under the expectation that I would find a file
> arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.virtex, which is a type of .elf file that I
can
> use to make a bitstream, but I didn't find this said file in the
output.
> I found several zImage files (zImage,
> zImage.pmac,.miboot,.chrp,.lds,.cofflds), but none of them had the
> desired '.virtex' extension. Am I looking for something that doesn't
> exist? If not, can someone help me generate the necessary file?
> =

> This is my first time through this process so I appreciate your
advice.
> =

> Sincerely,
> Jake Poteet
> =

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