From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 1 00:37:13 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7726A5B for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:37:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gonzo@id.bluezbox.com) Received: from id.bluezbox.com (id.bluezbox.com [88.198.91.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C466B0C for ; Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:37:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [88.198.91.248] (helo=[IPv6:::1]) by id.bluezbox.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1UBDyJ-000EXW-02; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:37:12 -0800 Message-ID: <512FF836.2080007@bluezbox.com> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:37:10 -0800 From: Oleksandr Tymoshenko User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130215 Thunderbird/17.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Zedboard (Xilinx Zynq-7000) SD card image References: <512EA0A8.5040103@sbcglobal.net> <41A62BB3-10E3-4BC4-A4A2-82DD04072386@bluezbox.com> <512F73B7.50404@sbcglobal.net> <512FDA12.50900@bluezbox.com> <20130301002331.GA64366@cicely7.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20130301002331.GA64366@cicely7.cicely.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gonzo@id.bluezbox.com X-Spam-Level: -- X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "id.bluezbox.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see The administrator of that system for details. Content preview: On 2/28/2013 4:23 PM, Bernd Walter wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 02:28:34PM -0800, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote: >> On 2/28/2013 7:11 AM, Thomas Skibo wrote: >>> I don't have anything specific in mind but I hope I can wind down >>> kernel hacking and do some FPGA hacking. I've developed a device >>> config driver so you can reprogram the PL (FPGA) section with "cat >>> system.bit.bin > /dev/devcfg0". >> Yeah, that's what I meant by "interfacing" - ability to >> upload bitstream to FPGA directly from FreeBSD. Although >> I think ioctl interface seems more fool-proof than simple raw access >> to device. > Amazing. > I have a zedboard since a couple of weeks, but didn't find time to > boot FreeBSD yet. > Great to see that it is save to reload the FPGA from OS and no PL is > required for basic functionality. > [...] Content analysis details: (-2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.0 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:37:13 -0000 On 2/28/2013 4:23 PM, Bernd Walter wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 02:28:34PM -0800, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote: >> On 2/28/2013 7:11 AM, Thomas Skibo wrote: >>> I don't have anything specific in mind but I hope I can wind down >>> kernel hacking and do some FPGA hacking. I've developed a device >>> config driver so you can reprogram the PL (FPGA) section with "cat >>> system.bit.bin > /dev/devcfg0". >> Yeah, that's what I meant by "interfacing" - ability to >> upload bitstream to FPGA directly from FreeBSD. Although >> I think ioctl interface seems more fool-proof than simple raw access >> to device. > Amazing. > I have a zedboard since a couple of weeks, but didn't find time to > boot FreeBSD yet. > Great to see that it is save to reload the FPGA from OS and no PL is > required for basic functionality. > Any suggestions where to get one? Do you know if AVNET the only non-academic source for them?