From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0217BDDE49 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:08:38 +1100 (EST) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g16so1480676nfd.9 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:08:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47B02CB0.8040002@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:08:32 +0100 From: "A. Nolson" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: APU FPU in Virtex ppc405 References: <47ACA4BB.6010903@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , I have been checking and it seems that the APU FPU patches will give some headaches now, so I will probably wait until they merge them with the official GCC release. In any case, it seems that the FPU restricts the PowerPC and bus frequencies to a max of 200/100. Anyway, thanks for the info. I will try to keep track of this in case of an update. Grant Likely wrote: > On Feb 8, 2008 11:51 AM, A. Nolson wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have just heard that Xilinx has freed the FPU module for the PPC >> architecture in EDK9.2i. WIll I be able to make it work with my >> Secretlab Linux 2.6.24rc3? Will the eldk toolchain for PPC_4xxfp work? >> Will it be just a matter of integrating it with the XPS BSP?I make an >> extensive use of floating point in my applications and this will be >> really useful. >> > > It's been 2 years since I last played with the FPU core. At the time > it wasn't a complete FPU so the eldk 4xxfp toolchain would not work. > I had to build my own. I don't know if the new core is a complete > implementation. > > Cheers, > g. > > >