Virtex 2Pro, ML300, VP2PDK, EDK, etc..

[Antti Lukats]

Hi

just a few comments, hope the may save some time for someone

ML300 is shipped with V2PDK
most V2Pro 'reference designs' are only for V2PDK
V2PDK is no longer supported by xilinx
the V2PDK examples only compile with synplicity,
not with XST, well XST compiles the verilog versions
and one simple VHDL example also compiles.
when using XST synthesis (with the verilog example) with almost
all options turned off the VP7 device on ML300 is 89% percent full?

with EDK 3.2 there are no similar examples (for the V2Pro) as in
the V2PDK, as example the TFT LCD (available and working in V2PDK)
is 'obsoleted' and not replaced in EDK 3.2 so if you want to build
a standalone system with EDK 3.2 (and TFT) then you have no support -
the obsoleted core can be 'forced' to be visible in EDK/XPS but
no idea if it would function or not.

ml300 does boot linux, ok, but all you can do is starting a calculator
- there is no docu about the linux implementation at all, yes there
is linux but how to write simplest application for it, no idea, from
montavista there is link back to xilinx. a round-trip. well at least
ml300 is now listed by montavista as supported platform (few months
ago still wasnt even listed).

the VxWorks 'demo' with ml300 simply loads 5 bitmaps in delayed sequence.

maybe I am missing some information, but that are my first feelings with
V2Pro/ml300

antti

 

[Peter Ryser]

Antti,

the Linux demo shipping with ML300 comes with X Windows and a ton of servers
and applications. If for some reason your board came with just a very simple
command line version of Linux you can get the full MicroDrive image from the
ML300 lounge accessible from http://www.xilinx.com/ml300.

If you want to start your own development with Linux on Virtex-II Pro please
contact MontaVista and ask them for MontaVista Linux 3.0 for ML300. They will
be able to give you more information on the content and the pricing of their
product.

V2PDK is still supported by Xilinx. However, it is in the process of being
replaced with EDK. The V2PDK design for the ML300 is currently ported over to
V2PDK and you should be able to download it from the ML300 lounge in the near
future. A first version of the port will not support all peripherals that
have been available in V2PDK but will give enough functionality to boot
Linux.

The TFT in EDK works as it is the same as in V2PDK.

- Peter



Antti Lukats wrote:

Hi

just a few comments, hope the may save some time for someone

ML300 is shipped with V2PDK
most V2Pro 'reference designs' are only for V2PDK
V2PDK is no longer supported by xilinx
the V2PDK examples only compile with synplicity,
not with XST, well XST compiles the verilog versions
and one simple VHDL example also compiles.
when using XST synthesis (with the verilog example) with almost
all options turned off the VP7 device on ML300 is 89% percent full?

with EDK 3.2 there are no similar examples (for the V2Pro) as in
the V2PDK, as example the TFT LCD (available and working in V2PDK)
is 'obsoleted' and not replaced in EDK 3.2 so if you want to build
a standalone system with EDK 3.2 (and TFT) then you have no support -
the obsoleted core can be 'forced' to be visible in EDK/XPS but
no idea if it would function or not.

ml300 does boot linux, ok, but all you can do is starting a calculator
- there is no docu about the linux implementation at all, yes there
is linux but how to write simplest application for it, no idea, from
montavista there is link back to xilinx. a round-trip. well at least
ml300 is now listed by montavista as supported platform (few months
ago still wasnt even listed).

the VxWorks 'demo' with ml300 simply loads 5 bitmaps in delayed sequence.

maybe I am missing some information, but that are my first feelings with
V2Pro/ml300

antti

 

[Peter Ryser]

I found some linux stuff (.h files, .so files, python, etc) still looking
for the c compiler, (on the microdrive).

GCC has been removed from the target file system. Please keep in mind that the MicroDrive
contains a Linux demo, and a pretty extensive one this is, and not a development system.

and montavista, guess it makes sense to ask for ver 3.0
ml300 microdrive has 2.1 Professional installed.

When the ML300 went into production MVL3.0 was not yet released.

- Peter