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From: texblues at go2.pl<texblues@g...>
Date: Fri May 23 13:42:55 CEST 2008
Subject: [oc] Which core to run linux
Thanks for replay
I read about spartan 3A, MMU and Micro Blaze and Im gonna choose this :)
On this site are 2 boards which support microblaze:
http://www.lynuxworks.com/board-support/xilinx.php
Xilinx Spartan-3E 1600E MicroBlaze Development Kit on xilinx site is No Longer
Available: http://www.xilinx.com/products/devkits/DO-SP3E1600E-DK-UNI-G.htm
and Xilinx Spartan-3A DSP 1800A - i dont need DSP :]
Which of those gonna be good for me:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards/s3_sk_promo.htm
please for help, I'm little lost:]
> Spartan 3 might be a little limiting to run Linux on,
>
> Linux tends to want a MMU, Ok you can code it to run with out an
> MMU, but
> not nice,
> Much easier from a software perspective to have a MMU,
> If you go for the Xilinx CPU ( Micro Blaze) then you should use a
> Spartan 3A
> which can use the micro blaze 7, which has MMU support.
> I'd presume same argument runs for other soft processors, you
> should have an
> MMU to run Linux with little Linux software hassle.
> ( OK I'm a hard ware guy, just reporting what I've seen with my
> software
> teams )
> BTW: to save confusion, MMU = Memory Management Unit.
> Andrew Mulcock
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