Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Hi,
   I have ported System Ace driver from 2.4 to 2.6. Please post the 
patch soon.

-Ameet

Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[sudheer]

Hi Ameet,

Your mail is not clear.


Ameet Patil wrote:

>Hi,
>   I have ported System Ace driver from 2.4 to 2.6. 
>
Hope you have ported System Ace Driver from 2.4 to 2.6.

>Please post the patch soon.
>  
>
Or else you are asking the group for  patch to port it.
Please make it clear.
I am looking for the same .

Thanks
Sudheer

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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Here is the patch containing the SysAce driver for 2.6 Linux kernel.

http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/rtslab/demos/amos/xupv2pro/patches/linuxppc-2.6.17_sysace.patch

Please test it and let me know in case of any issues!

cheers,
-Ameet

Ameet Patil wrote:
> Hi,
>    I have ported System Ace driver from 2.4 to 2.6. Please post the 
> patch soon.
> 
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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Hi Sudheer,
    Sorry, I ate my words there. I meant - I shall soon be posting a
patch that contains my port of the SystemAce driver for 2.6 kernel.

-Ameet

> sudheer wrote:
>> Hi Ameet,
>>
>> Your mail is not clear.
>>
>>
>> Ameet Patil wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>   I have ported System Ace driver from 2.4 to 2.6.
>> Hope you have ported System Ace Driver from 2.4 to 2.6.
>>
>>> Please post the patch soon.
>>>  
>>>
>> Or else you are asking the group for  patch to port it.
>> Please make it clear.
>> I am looking for the same .
>>
>> Thanks
>> Sudheer
>>
>>> -Ameet
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>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>
> 

Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ming Liu]

Hi friend,
I have tried your patch for SystemACE. Unfortunately, it looks that I got 
some problem. I applied the patch and compile the kernel. There are some 
XPAR_... parameters defination missing. So I include the xpamameters header 
file( I use the xparameters_ml300 which was generated by EDK and rename it 
as xparameters_ml403.). Then I compiled out the kernel and change it into 
.ace file. When I want to boot the kernel from SystemACE, there is no 
information to say that the linux is booting. So I think the problem is 
still on the driver of SystemACE. My linux version is 2.6.16-rc5. And I 
applied the Xilinx Temac patch in it. So could you please give me some 
detailed guidance on how to successfully apply the driver for SystemACE? 
Thanks a lot in advance.

Regards
Ming

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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Hi Ming,

Ming Liu wrote:
> Hi friend,
> I have tried your patch for SystemACE. Unfortunately, it looks that I got 
> some problem. I applied the patch and compile the kernel. There are some 
> XPAR_... parameters defination missing. So I include the xpamameters header 
> file( I use the xparameters_ml300 which was generated by EDK and rename it 
> as xparameters_ml403.). 

Do you have a Xilinx ML403 board?

Then I compiled out the kernel and change it into
> .ace file. When I want to boot the kernel from SystemACE, there is no 
> information to say that the linux is booting. So I think the problem is 
> still on the driver of SystemACE. 

Does your kernel boot (show messages) without the SystemACE driver? Try
that first. It should boot and panic at the point where it tries to find
the root fs. Once you have reached this stage, you can then include the
SysAce driver.

> My linux version is 2.6.16-rc5. 
I don't think there is any issue with your kernel version apart from the
fact that 2.6.16- series posed considerable problem for me when trying
to configure a serial shell. The serial driver is BUGGY. So I use
2.6.17.1 (latest release).

> And I 
> applied the Xilinx Temac patch in it. 

Is it possible for you to send me this Temac patch?

So could you please give me some
> detailed guidance on how to successfully apply the driver for SystemACE? 

I am in the process of publishing a detailed article/tutorial on
compiling 2.6 kernel for the Xilinx MLxxx boards. Will send you the link
shortly!


-Ameet

> Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> Regards
> Ming
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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ming Liu]

Hello Ameet,

>Do you have a Xilinx ML403 board?

Yes, I have ML403 board. The reason why I rename the xparameters_ml300 as 
xparameters_ml403 is that EDK generates the driver for ML300(the xparameter 
header file is xparameters_ml300).


>Does your kernel boot (show messages) without the SystemACE driver? Try
>that first. It should boot and panic at the point where it tries to find
>the root fs. Once you have reached this stage, you can then include the
>SysAce driver.

I did try that. There is also no information. At that time, I guessed that 
it was because of the missing of SystemACE driver.Do you think is that the 
problem of others, for example the kernel? Before I use 2.6 version, I have 
successfully booted a linux 2.4 from CF card. 

> > My linux version is 2.6.16-rc5.
>I don't think there is any issue with your kernel version apart from the
>fact that 2.6.16- series posed considerable problem for me when trying
>to configure a serial shell. The serial driver is BUGGY. So I use
>2.6.17.1 (latest release).

I use this version only because I want to implement the Temac driver in the 
link of 
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-embedded/2006-March/022365.html It 
looks that the patches are specific for that version. 


>Is it possible for you to send me this Temac patch?

http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-embedded/2006-March/022365.html 


>I am in the process of publishing a detailed article/tutorial on
>compiling 2.6 kernel for the Xilinx MLxxx boards. Will send you the link
>shortly!

I am really waiting for that!

Regards
Ming
>
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> >
> > Regards
> > Ming
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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Andrei Konovalov]

Ming Liu wrote:
>>> My linux version is 2.6.16-rc5.
>> I don't think there is any issue with your kernel version apart from the
>> fact that 2.6.16- series posed considerable problem for me when trying
>> to configure a serial shell. The serial driver is BUGGY. So I use
>> 2.6.17.1 (latest release).
> 
> I use this version only because I want to implement the Temac driver in the 
> link of 
> http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-embedded/2006-March/022365.html It 
> looks that the patches are specific for that version. 

There is nothing special in the TEMAC driver that binds it to 2.6.16-rc5.
The patch was generated against and tested with that kernel version. That's all.
The patch will probably not apply cleanly to the more recent kernels. But
otherwise it should work.

In other words, feel free to use that TEMAC patch with the recent kernel.

Thanks,
Andrei

Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Here is PART I of the article:
http://www.linux.get2knowmore.com/2006/06/30/quick-guide-linux-26-on-xilinx-virtex-ii-pro-boards-part-i/

Let me know if you get messages at boot time after following the above...

PART II we be posted shortly!

-Ameet

Ming Liu wrote:
> Hello Ameet,
> 
>> Do you have a Xilinx ML403 board?
> 
> Yes, I have ML403 board. The reason why I rename the xparameters_ml300 
> as xparameters_ml403 is that EDK generates the driver for ML300(the 
> xparameter header file is xparameters_ml300).
> 
> 
>> Does your kernel boot (show messages) without the SystemACE driver? Try
>> that first. It should boot and panic at the point where it tries to find
>> the root fs. Once you have reached this stage, you can then include the
>> SysAce driver.
> 
> I did try that. There is also no information. At that time, I guessed 
> that it was because of the missing of SystemACE driver.Do you think is 
> that the problem of others, for example the kernel? Before I use 2.6 
> version, I have successfully booted a linux 2.4 from CF card.
>> > My linux version is 2.6.16-rc5.
>> I don't think there is any issue with your kernel version apart from the
>> fact that 2.6.16- series posed considerable problem for me when trying
>> to configure a serial shell. The serial driver is BUGGY. So I use
>> 2.6.17.1 (latest release).
> 
> I use this version only because I want to implement the Temac driver in 
> the link of 
> http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-embedded/2006-March/022365.html It 
> looks that the patches are specific for that version.
> 
>> Is it possible for you to send me this Temac patch?
> 
> http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-embedded/2006-March/022365.html
> 
>> I am in the process of publishing a detailed article/tutorial on
>> compiling 2.6 kernel for the Xilinx MLxxx boards. Will send you the link
>> shortly!
> 
> I am really waiting for that!
> 
> Regards
> Ming
>>
>> > Thanks a lot in advance.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Ming
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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Grant Likely]

On 6/30/06, Ameet Patil <ammubhai@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is PART I of the article:
> http://www.linux.get2knowmore.com/2006/06/30/quick-guide-linux-26-on-xilinx-virtex-ii-pro-boards-part-i/
>
> Let me know if you get messages at boot time after following the above...

Quick comment on your article; unless you're using a microdrive;
*PLEASE* don't recommend using compact flash as swap space.  Flash
technology has limited write cycles (on the order of 100k to 1M cycles
per block).  Using it as swap is a great way to kill the lifecycle of
your device.

(the ML300 ships with a microdrive; the ML40x ships with a regular CF card)

I know the previous article also recommends a swap partition, but
Linux will happily run without swap.

Cheers,
g.

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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ming Liu]

Yes. I noticed that in the original demo Linux of MontaVista shipped by 
Xilinx for ML403, there is no swap partition. 

Regards
Ming


>From: "Grant Likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
>To: "Ameet Patil" <ammubhai@gmail.com>
>CC: "Ming Liu" <eemingliu@hotmail.com>, linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>Subject: Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6
>Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:02:28 -0600
>
>On 6/30/06, Ameet Patil <ammubhai@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Here is PART I of the article:
>>http://www.linux.get2knowmore.com/2006/06/30/quick-guide-linux-26-on-xilinx-virtex-ii-pro-boards-part-i/

>>
>>Let me know if you get messages at boot time after following the 
>>above...
>
>Quick comment on your article; unless you're using a microdrive;
>*PLEASE* don't recommend using compact flash as swap space.  Flash
>technology has limited write cycles (on the order of 100k to 1M 
>cycles
>per block).  Using it as swap is a great way to kill the lifecycle 
>of
>your device.
>
>(the ML300 ships with a microdrive; the ML40x ships with a regular 
>CF card)
>
>I know the previous article also recommends a swap partition, but
>Linux will happily run without swap.
>
>Cheers,
>g.
>
>--
>Grant Likely, B.Sc. P.Eng.
>Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.
>grant.likely@secretlab.ca
>(403) 399-0195

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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[David H. Lynch Jr.]

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Andrei Konovalov wrote:
>>
>> I use this version only because I want to implement the Temac driver in the 
>> link of 
>> http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-embedded/2006-March/022365.html It 
>> looks that the patches are specific for that version. 
>>     
>
> There is nothing special in the TEMAC driver that binds it to 2.6.16-rc5.
> The patch was generated against and tested with that kernel version. That's all.
> The patch will probably not apply cleanly to the more recent kernels. But
> otherwise it should work.
>
> In other words, feel free to use that TEMAC patch with the recent kernel.
>   
    I am trying to get a local link version of the hard TEMAC that is
part of the V4 FX FPGA working against a 2.6 Kernel. Would this be an
appropriate patch for that ?
    Is it even close ?

    There are so many different Xilinx (and other) TEMACs floating
around and so many permutation of those that my head is fogged in.

  





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Re: Xilinx SystemACE driver for 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Hi Grant,
    I totally agree with you. What you say is correct. It will 
definitely kill the CF card. I use a XUPV2PRO board which doesn't come 
with a microdrive and for my research SWAP is a must. :-)

However, I shall add a NOTE in the article mentioning the same.

Thanks a lot,
-Ameet

Grant Likely wrote:
> On 6/30/06, Ameet Patil <ammubhai@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here is PART I of the article:
>> http://www.linux.get2knowmore.com/2006/06/30/quick-guide-linux-26-on-xilinx-virtex-ii-pro-boards-part-i/ 
>>
>>
>> Let me know if you get messages at boot time after following the above...
> 
> Quick comment on your article; unless you're using a microdrive;
> *PLEASE* don't recommend using compact flash as swap space.  Flash
> technology has limited write cycles (on the order of 100k to 1M cycles
> per block).  Using it as swap is a great way to kill the lifecycle of
> your device.
> 
> (the ML300 ships with a microdrive; the ML40x ships with a regular CF card)
> 
> I know the previous article also recommends a swap partition, but
> Linux will happily run without swap.
> 
> Cheers,
> g.
> 

Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ming Liu]

Dear Ameet,
Now I am using your patch for SystemACE in Linux 2.6. My linux version is 
2.6.16-rc5 and I have applied the patch for SystemACE and Temac. 

When I generate BSP in EDK, how can I implement it in my linux kernel? I 
know the EDK BSP is for Linux 2.4 and the directory stucture is the same as 
2.4(e.g. arch/ppc/platform/xilinx_ocp/......) But in 2.6, the directory 
tree is different and I cannot simply copy and replace the original files 
there. Also, there is a file called xparameters_ml403.h in Linux kernel but 
in BSP there is only xparameters_ml300.h. Shall I rename the 
xparameters_ml300 as ml403, or configure the board as ml300 in menuconfig? 
In these xparameters files, the peripheral addresses are defined. How can I 
include these xparameters defination in the kernel? It looks complicate and 
you didn't mention how to replace these files in your article. So if you 
can provide some guidance, I will appreciate a lot because it will save me 
much time. 

By the way, I am still waiting for the last part of your article. Where are 
they? :)

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Ming

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Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Hi Ming,
  I DONOT have a ML403 with me. But does Xilinx EDK generate
xparameters_ml300.h in the BSP instead of xparameters_ml403.h for the
ML403 board?

Anyway, for linux 2.6 theres no xilinx_ocp directory in the code tree.
You need to just copy the xparameters_ml300.h file (if that is what
xilinx EDK generates) as xparameters_ml403.h in
arch/ppc/platforms/4xx/xparameters/ folder. Configure the kernel as ML403.

Like I said to you before, if you want to get started quickly and
without much headache.. then please go step-by-step. Try the things I
mention in the article PART I without applying any patches.

http://www.linux.get2knowmore.com/2006/06/30/quick-guide-linux-26-on-xilinx-virtex-ii-pro-boards-part-i/

Then if your kernel boots and shows some messages, it would be much
easier to relate to problems after applying patches.

Please DONOT hesitate to ask further clarifications!

-Ameet

Ming Liu wrote:
> Dear Ameet,
> Now I am using your patch for SystemACE in Linux 2.6. My linux version 
> is 2.6.16-rc5 and I have applied the patch for SystemACE and Temac.
> When I generate BSP in EDK, how can I implement it in my linux kernel? I 
> know the EDK BSP is for Linux 2.4 and the directory stucture is the same 
> as 2.4(e.g. arch/ppc/platform/xilinx_ocp/......) But in 2.6, the 
> directory tree is different and I cannot simply copy and replace the 
> original files there. Also, there is a file called xparameters_ml403.h 
> in Linux kernel but in BSP there is only xparameters_ml300.h. Shall I 
> rename the xparameters_ml300 as ml403, or configure the board as ml300 
> in menuconfig? In these xparameters files, the peripheral addresses are 
> defined. How can I include these xparameters defination in the kernel? 
> It looks complicate and you didn't mention how to replace these files in 
> your article. So if you can provide some guidance, I will appreciate a 
> lot because it will save me much time.
> By the way, I am still waiting for the last part of your article. Where 
> are they? :)
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Regards
> Ming
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Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ming Liu]

Dear Ameet,

>   I DONOT have a ML403 with me. But does Xilinx EDK generate
>xparameters_ml300.h in the BSP instead of xparameters_ml403.h for the
>ML403 board?

Yes. EKD only generates ml300.h instead of ml403.h, although you specify 
the platform is ML403.


>You need to just copy the xparameters_ml300.h file (if that is what
>xilinx EDK generates) as xparameters_ml403.h in
>arch/ppc/platforms/4xx/xparameters/ folder. Configure the kernel as ML403.

I don't think so. I have looked into these two files. I found that there 
are many differences between them. Not only the addresses for each 
peripheral are different, but also the parameters' names. So If we just 
simply copy ml300.h file as ml403.h, many parameters will be undefined. 

>Like I said to you before, if you want to get started quickly and
>without much headache.. then please go step-by-step. Try the things I
>mention in the article PART I without applying any patches.

Thanks for your suggestion. I will start from the beginning. 

>Please DONOT hesitate to ask further clarifications!

It is really like a big family in the Linux world because of the help among 
the persons. Thanks for all the help from the friends in Linux world!

Regards
Ming

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Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Hi Ming,
   If your Xilinx EDK generates the xparameters_ml300.h file for the
ML403 board then it has been configured with the right parameters and
address required by Linux. Don't look at the existing
xparameters_ml403.h file in the kernel source. It has got too many
parameters with address initializations that might not suit you at all.
I think its safe to copy the ml300.h onto ml403.h. I tried it... the
kernel compiles without any problems.

-Ameet

Ming Liu wrote:
> Dear Ameet,
> 
>>   I DONOT have a ML403 with me. But does Xilinx EDK generate
>> xparameters_ml300.h in the BSP instead of xparameters_ml403.h for the
>> ML403 board?
> 
> Yes. EKD only generates ml300.h instead of ml403.h, although you specify 
> the platform is ML403.
> 
> 
>> You need to just copy the xparameters_ml300.h file (if that is what
>> xilinx EDK generates) as xparameters_ml403.h in
>> arch/ppc/platforms/4xx/xparameters/ folder. Configure the kernel as 
>> ML403.
> 
> I don't think so. I have looked into these two files. I found that there 
> are many differences between them. Not only the addresses for each 
> peripheral are different, but also the parameters' names. So If we just 
> simply copy ml300.h file as ml403.h, many parameters will be undefined.
>> Like I said to you before, if you want to get started quickly and
>> without much headache.. then please go step-by-step. Try the things I
>> mention in the article PART I without applying any patches.
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion. I will start from the beginning.
>> Please DONOT hesitate to ask further clarifications!
> 
> It is really like a big family in the Linux world because of the help 
> among the persons. Thanks for all the help from the friends in Linux world!
> 
> Regards
> Ming
> 
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Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ming Liu]

Dear Ameet,
A good news is that now my 2.6 kernel is running in my ML403 board! 
According your guidance, first I made the kernel as simple as possible and 
it works well. Then I included the patch for SystemACE and here is the 
information shown on the hyper teminal:


Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/xsa3 
[    0.000148] Console: colour dummy device 80x25
[    0.000919] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 
bytes)
[    0.002277] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.012802] Memory: 63104k available (1340k kernel code, 384k data, 76k 
init,
 0k highmem)
[    0.230310] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[    0.238305] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[    0.238516] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.238817] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
[    0.239435] JFS: nTxBlock = 493, nTxLock = 3944
[    0.241883] Initializing Cryptographic API
[    0.241940] io scheduler noop registered (default)
[    0.322864] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ 
sharing
disabled
[    0.324759] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x40401003 (irq = 1) is a 16550A
[    1.653644] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 1024 
bloc
ksize
[    1.745079] loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
[    1.793392]  xsa: xsa1 xsa2 xsa3
[    1.839262] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    1.935059] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
[    2.000037] Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k init
[    2.075656] Warning: unable to open an initial console.

I use xsa3 as the partition to store the file system. Now the file system 
is the old one for my 2.4 kernel generated by busybox. Then I think that's 
why the problem "unable to open an initial console" is generated. Do you 
have some suggestion on how to solve it? Thanks for your opinion. 

Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in adapter.c 
file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code and found 
that the function of XAssert is defined in the file xbasic_types.c, not the 
xbasic_types.h. So it cannot be included into adapter.c. And also in the 
makefile there is no dependency on xbasic_types.c. So I added the 
defination for this function in adapter.c, copying it from xbasic_types.c. 
It then worked well. 

Waiting for your guidance. You know, an expert's opinion is always useful 
for a novice, like me. :)

Regards
Ming

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Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Hi Ming,

Excellent News!

Don't worry... the problem you are facing could be because of missing
device files in your /dev folder.

Do as follows:
mount the CF card onto your PC and then goto the /dev folder on your
root filesystem in the card. Here run the following commands as root:
# mknod -m 660 console c 5 1
# mknod -m 660 xsa b 254 0
# mknod -m 660 xsa1 b 254 1
# mknod -m 660 xsa2 b 254 2
# mknod -m 660 xsa3 b 254 3
Now there should be a directory tts in your dev. If not create one
"mkdir tts". Then do this in the dev/tts folder,
# mknod -m 660 0 b 4 64

> Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in adapter.c
> file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code and
I think you have the old patch. If you download the new one, the
compilation problem should not occur. But you resolved it yourself,...
which is good.

Let me know if this works. I shall add this stuff in PART II of the article.

-Ameet

Ming Liu wrote:
> Dear Ameet,
> A good news is that now my 2.6 kernel is running in my ML403 board! 
> According your guidance, first I made the kernel as simple as possible 
> and it works well. Then I included the patch for SystemACE and here is 
> the information shown on the hyper teminal:
> 
> 
> Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/xsa3 [    0.000148] 
> Console: colour dummy device 80x25
> [    0.000919] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 
> bytes)
> [    0.002277] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
> [    0.012802] Memory: 63104k available (1340k kernel code, 384k data, 
> 76k init,
> 0k highmem)
> [    0.230310] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
> [    0.238305] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
> [    0.238516] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
> [    0.238817] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
> [    0.239435] JFS: nTxBlock = 493, nTxLock = 3944
> [    0.241883] Initializing Cryptographic API
> [    0.241940] io scheduler noop registered (default)
> [    0.322864] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ 
> sharing
> disabled
> [    0.324759] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x40401003 (irq = 1) is a 16550A
> [    1.653644] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size 
> 1024 bloc
> ksize
> [    1.745079] loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
> [    1.793392]  xsa: xsa1 xsa2 xsa3
> [    1.839262] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> [    1.935059] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> [    2.000037] Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k init
> [    2.075656] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> 
> I use xsa3 as the partition to store the file system. Now the file 
> system is the old one for my 2.4 kernel generated by busybox. Then I 
> think that's why the problem "unable to open an initial console" is 
> generated. Do you have some suggestion on how to solve it? Thanks for 
> your opinion.
> Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in adapter.c 
> file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code and 
> found that the function of XAssert is defined in the file 
> xbasic_types.c, not the xbasic_types.h. So it cannot be included into 
> adapter.c. And also in the makefile there is no dependency on 
> xbasic_types.c. So I added the defination for this function in 
> adapter.c, copying it from xbasic_types.c. It then worked well.
> Waiting for your guidance. You know, an expert's opinion is always 
> useful for a novice, like me. :)
> 
> Regards
> Ming
> 
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Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ming Liu]

Dear Ameet,
It Works now! By creating these character and block devices in /dev, the 
system go further now. But another problem appears. That is, there is no 
login prompt shown in hyper terminal. The information is listed as:

[    1.745076] loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
[    1.793385]  xsa: xsa1 xsa2 xsa3
[    1.839258] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    1.925011] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
[    1.990035] Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k init

Welcome to ML403 powerpc linux 2.6.16-rc5, E.I.S. edition

Starting system...
mounting /proc: done.
Mounting '/' read-write: mount: Cannot read /etc/mtab: No such file or 
directory

done.
brining up loopback interface: ifconfig: socket: Function not implemented
done.
Mounting /tmp: done.
Starting syslogd: done.
Starting klogd: syslogd: Couldn't get file descriptor for socket /dev/log: 
Funct
ion not implemented
done.
Starting inetd: done.
System started.

My inittab files looks like:
::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
#::askfirst:-/bin/sh
::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
::shutdown:/sbin/swapoff -a
::shutdown:/bin/umount -a -r
::restart:/sbin/init
::respawn:/sbin/getty 9600 tts/0

Any suggestion about this problem? Thanks in advance.

Regards
Ming



>From: Ameet Patil <ammubhai@gmail.com>
>To: Ming Liu <eemingliu@hotmail.com>
>CC: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>Subject: Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6
>Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:42:42 +0100
>
>Hi Ming,
>
>Excellent News!
>
>Don't worry... the problem you are facing could be because of missing
>device files in your /dev folder.
>
>Do as follows:
>mount the CF card onto your PC and then goto the /dev folder on your
>root filesystem in the card. Here run the following commands as root:
># mknod -m 660 console c 5 1
># mknod -m 660 xsa b 254 0
># mknod -m 660 xsa1 b 254 1
># mknod -m 660 xsa2 b 254 2
># mknod -m 660 xsa3 b 254 3
>Now there should be a directory tts in your dev. If not create one
>"mkdir tts". Then do this in the dev/tts folder,
># mknod -m 660 0 b 4 64
>
> > Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in adapter.c
> > file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code and
>I think you have the old patch. If you download the new one, the
>compilation problem should not occur. But you resolved it yourself,...
>which is good.
>
>Let me know if this works. I shall add this stuff in PART II of the 
article.
>
>-Ameet
>
>Ming Liu wrote:
> > Dear Ameet,
> > A good news is that now my 2.6 kernel is running in my ML403 board!
> > According your guidance, first I made the kernel as simple as possible
> > and it works well. Then I included the patch for SystemACE and here is
> > the information shown on the hyper teminal:
> >
> >
> > Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/xsa3 [    0.000148]
> > Console: colour dummy device 80x25
> > [    0.000919] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536
> > bytes)
> > [    0.002277] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 
bytes)
> > [    0.012802] Memory: 63104k available (1340k kernel code, 384k data,
> > 76k init,
> > 0k highmem)
> > [    0.230310] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
> > [    0.238305] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
> > [    0.238516] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 
bytes)
> > [    0.238817] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
> > [    0.239435] JFS: nTxBlock = 493, nTxLock = 3944
> > [    0.241883] Initializing Cryptographic API
> > [    0.241940] io scheduler noop registered (default)
> > [    0.322864] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ
> > sharing
> > disabled
> > [    0.324759] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x40401003 (irq = 1) is a 
16550A
> > [    1.653644] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K size
> > 1024 bloc
> > ksize
> > [    1.745079] loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
> > [    1.793392]  xsa: xsa1 xsa2 xsa3
> > [    1.839262] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> > [    1.935059] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> > [    2.000037] Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k init
> > [    2.075656] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
> >
> > I use xsa3 as the partition to store the file system. Now the file
> > system is the old one for my 2.4 kernel generated by busybox. Then I
> > think that's why the problem "unable to open an initial console" is
> > generated. Do you have some suggestion on how to solve it? Thanks for
> > your opinion.
> > Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in adapter.c
> > file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code and
> > found that the function of XAssert is defined in the file
> > xbasic_types.c, not the xbasic_types.h. So it cannot be included into
> > adapter.c. And also in the makefile there is no dependency on
> > xbasic_types.c. So I added the defination for this function in
> > adapter.c, copying it from xbasic_types.c. It then worked well.
> > Waiting for your guidance. You know, an expert's opinion is always
> > useful for a novice, like me. :)
> >
> > Regards
> > Ming
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
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Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6

[Ameet Patil]

Its the same link as before! I just updated the file!
http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/rtslab/demos/amos/xupv2pro/patches/linuxppc-2.6.17_sysace.patch

-Ameet

Ming Liu wrote:
> Dear Ameet,
> Could you please give me a copy of your new driver for SystemACE?
> Regards
> Ming
> 
> 
>> From: Ameet Patil <ammubhai@gmail.com>
>> To: Ming Liu <eemingliu@hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6
>> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:17:31 +0100
>>
>> Thats right! Sorry about the error! :-)
>>
>> Good luck with TEMAC!
>>
>> -Ameet
>>
>> Ming Liu wrote:
>> > Dear Ameet,
>> > OK. I found the problem. tts/0 should be a char device, not a block 
> one.
>> > so it should be c not b. I neglected that and just copied your 
> commands. :)
>> >
>> > Next, I will try to implement the Temac driver. If any information, I
>> > will let you know.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Ming
>> >
>> >
>> >> From: Ameet Patil <ammubhai@gmail.com>
>> >> To: Ming Liu <eemingliu@hotmail.com>
>> >> CC: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>> >> Subject: Re: Xilinx BSP for linux 2.6
>> >> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:42:42 +0100
>> >>
>> >> Hi Ming,
>> >>
>> >> Excellent News!
>> >>
>> >> Don't worry... the problem you are facing could be because of missing
>> >> device files in your /dev folder.
>> >>
>> >> Do as follows:
>> >> mount the CF card onto your PC and then goto the /dev folder on your
>> >> root filesystem in the card. Here run the following commands as root:
>> >> # mknod -m 660 console c 5 1
>> >> # mknod -m 660 xsa b 254 0
>> >> # mknod -m 660 xsa1 b 254 1
>> >> # mknod -m 660 xsa2 b 254 2
>> >> # mknod -m 660 xsa3 b 254 3
>> >> Now there should be a directory tts in your dev. If not create one
>> >> "mkdir tts". Then do this in the dev/tts folder,
>> >> # mknod -m 660 0 b 4 64
>> >>
>> >> > Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in 
> adapter.c
>> >> > file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code 
> and
>> >> I think you have the old patch. If you download the new one, the
>> >> compilation problem should not occur. But you resolved it yourself,...
>> >> which is good.
>> >>
>> >> Let me know if this works. I shall add this stuff in PART II of the
>> > article.
>> >>
>> >> -Ameet
>> >>
>> >> Ming Liu wrote:
>> >> > Dear Ameet,
>> >> > A good news is that now my 2.6 kernel is running in my ML403 board!
>> >> > According your guidance, first I made the kernel as simple as 
> possible
>> >> > and it works well. Then I included the patch for SystemACE and here 
> is
>> >> > the information shown on the hyper teminal:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 root=/dev/xsa3 [    0.000148]
>> >> > Console: colour dummy device 80x25
>> >> > [    0.000919] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 
> 65536
>> >> > bytes)
>> >> > [    0.002277] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768
>> > bytes)
>> >> > [    0.012802] Memory: 63104k available (1340k kernel code, 384k 
> data,
>> >> > 76k init,
>> >> > 0k highmem)
>> >> > [    0.230310] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
>> >> > [    0.238305] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
>> >> > [    0.238516] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096
>> > bytes)
>> >> > [    0.238817] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.
>> >> > [    0.239435] JFS: nTxBlock = 493, nTxLock = 3944
>> >> > [    0.241883] Initializing Cryptographic API
>> >> > [    0.241940] io scheduler noop registered (default)
>> >> > [    0.322864] Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, 
> IRQ
>> >> > sharing
>> >> > disabled
>> >> > [    0.324759] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x40401003 (irq = 1) is a
>> > 16550A
>> >> > [    1.653644] RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 65536K 
> size
>> >> > 1024 bloc
>> >> > ksize
>> >> > [    1.745079] loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
>> >> > [    1.793392]  xsa: xsa1 xsa2 xsa3
>> >> > [    1.839262] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
>> >> > [    1.935059] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
>> >> > [    2.000037] Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k init
>> >> > [    2.075656] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
>> >> >
>> >> > I use xsa3 as the partition to store the file system. Now the file
>> >> > system is the old one for my 2.4 kernel generated by busybox. Then I
>> >> > think that's why the problem "unable to open an initial console" is
>> >> > generated. Do you have some suggestion on how to solve it? Thanks 
> for
>> >> > your opinion.
>> >> > Also, when I compile the kernel, there is a error. That's in 
> adapter.c
>> >> > file, undefined reference to "XAssert". I checked the source code 
> and
>> >> > found that the function of XAssert is defined in the file
>> >> > xbasic_types.c, not the xbasic_types.h. So it cannot be included 
> into
>> >> > adapter.c. And also in the makefile there is no dependency on
>> >> > xbasic_types.c. So I added the defination for this function in
>> >> > adapter.c, copying it from xbasic_types.c. It then worked well.
>> >> > Waiting for your guidance. You know, an expert's opinion is always
>> >> > useful for a novice, like me. :)
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards
>> >> > Ming
>> >> >
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