uclinux on spartan-3e starter kit

hi
i am looking for any step by step guide to use uclinux on the starter
kit.
i try the site:
http://muranaka.info/pukiwiki/pukiwiki.php?MicroBlaze%20uClinux%20and%20Spartan-3E%20Starter%20Kit#content_1_0
but i didnt find anything in english or spanish. just japanese.
thanks you
David

"David" <aresolimpico@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:1156300564.875777.302880@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> hi
> i am looking for any step by step guide to use uclinux on the starter
> kit.
> i try the site:
> http://muranaka.info/pukiwiki/pukiwiki.php?MicroBlaze%20uClinux%20and%20Spartan-3E%20Starter%20Kit#content_1_0
> but i didnt find anything in english or spanish. just japanese.
> thanks you
> David
>
hm  checked the images from that site in XSIM and they work just fine.
I dont have the boards so can not test in hardware but I assume they will 
defenetly work as well

antti 

i get this errors
using the rev02 i get 2 errors and one warning
how i can resolve it?


WARNING:MDT - The installed version of EDK tools is 8.1, while project
was created with version 8.1.01
ERROR:MDT - I:\Documents and
Settings\aaa\Escritorio\s3eboard_uclinux_ready_rev02\s3eboard_uclinux_ready_v8101_rev02\system.mss
line 5 - Can not find MLD for the os uclinux 1.00.d
INFO:MDT - Directories Searched :
- I:\Documents and
Settings\aaa\Escritorio\s3eboard_uclinux_ready_rev02\s3eboard_uclinux_ready_v8101_rev02\bsp/uclinux_v1_00_d/data
- I:\EDK\sw\ThirdParty\bsp/uclinux_v1_00_d/data
- I:\EDK\sw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\bsp/uclinux_v1_00_d/data
- I:\EDK\sw\lib\bsp/uclinux_v1_00_d/data
ERROR:MDT - Can not find MLD for the os uclinux 1.00.d
INFO:MDT - Directories Searched :
- I:\Documents and
Settings\aaa\Escritorio\s3eboard_uclinux_ready_rev02\s3eboard_uclinux_ready_v8101_rev02\bsp/uclinux_v1_00_d/data
- I:\EDK\sw\ThirdParty\bsp/uclinux_v1_00_d/data
- I:\EDK\sw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\bsp/uclinux_v1_00_d/data
- I:\EDK\sw\lib\bsp/uclinux_v1_00_d/data

thanks you very much

Antti Lukats wrote:
> "David" <aresolimpico@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:1156300564.875777.302880@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > hi
> > i am looking for any step by step guide to use uclinux on the starter
> > kit.
> > i try the site:
> > http://muranaka.info/pukiwiki/pukiwiki.php?MicroBlaze%20uClinux%20and%20Spartan-3E%20Starter%20Kit#content_1_0
> > but i didnt find anything in english or spanish. just japanese.
> > thanks you
> > David
> >
> hm  checked the images from that site in XSIM and they work just fine.
> I dont have the boards so can not test in hardware but I assume they will
> defenetly work as well
> 
> antti

"David" <aresolimpico@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:1156353617.495934.108430@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>i get this errors
> using the rev02 i get 2 errors and one warning
> how i can resolve it?
>
>
> WARNING:MDT - The installed version of EDK tools is 8.1, while project
> was created with version 8.1.01
> ERROR:MDT - I:\Documents and
> Settings\aaa\Escritorio\s3eboard_uclinux_ready_rev02\s3eboard_uclinux_ready_v8101_rev02\system.mss
> line 5 - Can not find MLD for the os uclinux 1.00.d

you have to download it seperatly and install in some dir where it can be 
found,
the arhc is on the same site, or then also available from petalogix site

Antti 

Hi David,

David wrote:

> i am looking for any step by step guide to use uclinux on the starter
> kit.

A Linux-ready reference design for the Spartan3E500 starter kit is available now
from PetaLogix:

http://www.petalogix.com/news_events/Spartan3E500-ref-design

Regards,

John
-- 
Dr John Williams
www.PetaLogix.com
(p) +61 7 33652185  (f) +61 7 33654999

PetaLogix is a trading name of UniQuest Pty Ltd

"John Williams" <john.williams@petalogix.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:newscache$q14h4j$xmi$1@lbox.itee.uq.edu.au...
> Hi David,
>
> David wrote:
>
>> i am looking for any step by step guide to use uclinux on the starter
>> kit.
>
> A Linux-ready reference design for the Spartan3E500 starter kit is 
> available now
> from PetaLogix:
>
> http://www.petalogix.com/news_events/Spartan3E500-ref-design
>
> Regards,
>
> John
> -- 
> Dr John Williams
> www.PetaLogix.com
> (p) +61 7 33652185  (f) +61 7 33654999
>
> PetaLogix is a trading name of UniQuest Pty Ltd

Thanks Jihn

the 1600 thing was really useless, as you seem to be only one havng those 
s3e-1600
boards despite the fact that Xilinx website says that 'coming in June'

Antti 

Hi folks,

I'm happy to announce that a binary demo package showing off embedded Linux on
the Xilinx Spartan3E-500 Starter Kit (Revision C) is now available from
PetaLogix.  Go to

www.petalogix.com

and follow the links to Resources->Reference Designs to get the package.

Supported board features include TCP/IP networking (via the Xilinx EthernetLite
core), buttons, switches, LEDs and rotary encoder, flash, and an embedded
webserver demo including web-based kernel image update.

Please contact info@petalogix.com with any queries or for more info.

Regards,

John

John Williams schrieb:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm happy to announce that a binary demo package showing off embedded Linux on
> the Xilinx Spartan3E-500 Starter Kit (Revision C) is now available from
> PetaLogix.  Go to
>
> www.petalogix.com
>
> and follow the links to Resources->Reference Designs to get the package.
>
> Supported board features include TCP/IP networking (via the Xilinx EthernetLite
> core), buttons, switches, LEDs and rotary encoder, flash, and an embedded
> webserver demo including web-based kernel image update.
>
> Please contact info@petalogix.com with any queries or for more info.
>
> Regards,
>
> John

Dear John,

a binary demo for Linux isnt much interesting or useful - everybody is
waiting when does PetaLogix finally release the PetaLinux, but so far
there has been to release date information announced by PetaLogix? Can
we assume that the actual PetaLinux release date is coming closer also,
or is PetaLogix still holding back information about possible release
date?

I see the 'binary demo' is still based on EDK 8.1 tools - so it can not
fully support the MicroBlaze version 5, I wonder why hasnt PetaLogix
used EDK 8.2 tools? To what I know PetaLogix had early access to EDK
8.2 (and GNU code?) and those would have been in the position to use
the latest GCC toolchain.

As of the '500e binary demo' I can only confirm that it boots in  XSIM
ver 1.1.a  succesfully, free download here:

http://www.xilant.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=36&func=select&id=3

Antti

Antti wrote:

> a binary demo for Linux isnt much interesting or useful - everybody is
> waiting when does PetaLogix finally release the PetaLinux, but so far
> there has been to release date information announced by PetaLogix? Can
> we assume that the actual PetaLinux release date is coming closer also,
> or is PetaLogix still holding back information about possible release
> date?

Antti, a binary demo may not be useful to you, but it's obviously of some value
to the people who've been asking for it, and the numerous people who've
downloaded it in the just last 12 hours.

One reason binary demos are valuable is for people who want a quick evaluation,
a proof of concept, or even just be able to show their boss that indeed Linux on
an FPGA works, and might make sense for their project.  They don't want to take
the time to learn how to build it themselves, they just want the "5 minute
demo", and that's what this is about.

One of the goals of PetaLinux, of course, is to enable people to build the
5-minute demo themselves, as well as provide an environment for major FPGA-based
embedded Linux development. This is a lofty goal, which is why it's taking a
while to get it developed and documented to a state where we are happy to
release it.

> I see the 'binary demo' is still based on EDK 8.1 tools - so it can not
> fully support the MicroBlaze version 5, I wonder why hasnt PetaLogix
> used EDK 8.2 tools? To what I know PetaLogix had early access to EDK
> 8.2 (and GNU code?) and those would have been in the position to use
> the latest GCC toolchain.

Yes, we do have early access to the 8.2 tools, and indeed the current demo is
based on 8.1.  Why?  Because as a small organisation operating out of a
university research group we have limited resources which we must manage
carefully.

We also have paying clients who expect us to deliver what we have promised.  If
this means that PetaLinux, and other nice-to-have features that we will be
giving aware free to the community (including you) must sometimes take a
back-seat, then I can make no apologies for that fact.

Regards,

John

John Williams schrieb:

> Antti wrote:
>
> > a binary demo for Linux isnt much interesting or useful - everybody is
> > waiting when does PetaLogix finally release the PetaLinux, but so far
> > there has been to release date information announced by PetaLogix? Can
> > we assume that the actual PetaLinux release date is coming closer also,
> > or is PetaLogix still holding back information about possible release
> > date?
>
> Antti, a binary demo may not be useful to you, but it's obviously of some value
> to the people who've been asking for it, and the numerous people who've
> downloaded it in the just last 12 hours.
>
> One reason binary demos are valuable is for people who want a quick evaluation,
> a proof of concept, or even just be able to show their boss that indeed Linux on
> an FPGA works, and might make sense for their project.  They don't want to take
> the time to learn how to build it themselves, they just want the "5 minute
> demo", and that's what this is about.
>
> One of the goals of PetaLinux, of course, is to enable people to build the
> 5-minute demo themselves, as well as provide an environment for major FPGA-based
> embedded Linux development. This is a lofty goal, which is why it's taking a
> while to get it developed and documented to a state where we are happy to
> release it.
>
> > I see the 'binary demo' is still based on EDK 8.1 tools - so it can not
> > fully support the MicroBlaze version 5, I wonder why hasnt PetaLogix
> > used EDK 8.2 tools? To what I know PetaLogix had early access to EDK
> > 8.2 (and GNU code?) and those would have been in the position to use
> > the latest GCC toolchain.
>
> Yes, we do have early access to the 8.2 tools, and indeed the current demo is
> based on 8.1.  Why?  Because as a small organisation operating out of a
> university research group we have limited resources which we must manage
> carefully.
>
> We also have paying clients who expect us to deliver what we have promised.  If
> this means that PetaLinux, and other nice-to-have features that we will be
> giving aware free to the community (including you) must sometimes take a
> back-seat, then I can make no apologies for that fact.
>
> Regards,
>
> John

Hi John,

ok, I see while you are busy with paying clients you have no longer
interest to work on mb-uclinux improvement. Good point. That is
possible the reason why Xilinx did choose lynuxworks to deliver the
microblaze 2.6.x port.

For those who want to use GPL tools to compile MicroBlaze 5.0
applications on WinXP platform here is the cygwin compiled MicroBlaze
toolchain from EDK 8.2 release.

http://www.xilant.com/downloads/mb_gnu_8_2.zip

I have only tested it to succesfully compile MicroBlaze u-boot, so the
toolchain is working at least.

Antti Lukats