Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 03:06:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Won De Erick <won.derick@yahoo.com> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on PPC embedded on Xilinx FPGA Message-ID: <471937.92369.qm@web45813.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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Hi Peter,
Thank you for your reply.
I didn't know that there is Virtex6 coming with support on 440-based cores! That's a nice info.
At this point in time, Virtex4 (ML 403) is all what I have. It's a bit behind from yours. And i want to play around with this board to work with FreeBSD.
Will it be a lot of work?
I would like to start with some reference. hope you can help me on this.
Thank,
Won
----- Original Message ----
From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To: Won De Erick <won.derick@yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:01:43 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD on PPC embedded on Xilinx FPGA
Hi Won,
> I noticed that PPC is well integrated in the Xilinx XPS for FPGA
> applications. There also RTOS that are integrated in the studio like
> uClinux, VxWorks, XIkernel, standalone, etc. Will it be possible for
> FreeBSD also?
At the moment, no.
> My companion has been used to FreeBSD, and porting it to work on
> Xilinx FPGA (w/ the PPC embedded) would be a lot of an advantage.
> Anyone who can shed me some light?
Virtex 4/5 parts have 405-based hardcores, which FreeBSD doesn't yet
support. The Virtex 6 will support 440-based cores, which FreeBSD does
support on Freescale parts. It would still be some work to support
Xilinx's soft-IP peripherals.
I have a Virtex 4 with a 405 hard core, as well as an IBM Walnut 405
eval, so with the recent work by Rafal and co on getting U-boot support
for FreeBSD, maybe something will finally happen on the 405 front.
later,
Peter.
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