[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/8] U-Boot port to Xtensa architecture

Michal Simek monstr at monstr.eu
Fri Aug 29 15:46:18 CEST 2014


On 08/29/2014 02:25 PM, Max Filippov wrote:
> Hi Michal,
> 
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Michal Simek <monstr at monstr.eu> wrote:
>> On 08/20/2014 07:42 PM, Max Filippov wrote:
>>> this series adds U-Boot port to Xtensa, configurable processor architecture
>>> from Tensilica, Inc., now Cadence Design Systems Inc.
>>>
>>> Preparation patches clean up OpenCores 10/100 MBit driver, enable it to be
>>> used with dedicated packet memory and with gigabit PHY. Two patches add
>>> proper xtensa bits: changes to shares files and contents of arch/xtensa.
>>> One more patch adds sample xtensa CPU configuration -- Diamond 232.
>>> One more patch adds xtfpga board family that consists of Avnet LX60, LX110
>>> and LX200 and Xilinx ML605 and KC705 FPGA boards configured with xtensa
>>> bitstream.
>>
>> Any link to bitstreams? I have ml605 and kc705 here and will be nice to test it.
> 
> The board alone is not enough to boot xtensa software, as the JTAG connector
> capable of loading code into CPU goes on a separate daughterboard that plugs
> into FMC connectors. I will check if I can share a bitstream and if it may be
> somehow used with the FPGA board alone.

Any link to that FMC connector and connections there?

> However you should be able to test with qemu, as it simulates all necessary
> hardware. Some examples are listed here:
> http://wiki.linux-xtensa.org/index.php/Xtensa_on_QEMU

I am more interested to see this work on real HW than on qemu.

Thanks,
Michal



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