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Re: [microblaze-uclinux] parallel cable errors
Andy,
Here's what I recommend (based on about 12 months of productive work
with exactly this setup!):
1. Download CentOS 3.x (not sure of latest release, doesn't really
matter). It's a free clone of RHEL3. RHEL3 should be fine too, but I
haven't used it.
2. Install CentOS. Do a full workstation install, you want compilers,
kernel source tree (v. important, you need it to rebuild parallel port
drivers) dev tools, all that
3. Install the Xilinx tools - 7.1 should go on without incident.
4. Download and install the most recent service packs for ISE and EDK.
5. Download the Xilinx parallel port driver sources:
ftp://ftp.xilinx.com/pub/utilities/fpga/linuxdrivers.tar.gz
6. Extract the archive, and as root do "make all install" in each of the
subdirs (windrvr/ and xpc4drvr/)
7. If in (6) you get a complaint that it can't find kernel sources or
headers, then you didn't install the kernel sources. As root, do "yum
install kernel-source". It's probably a good idea to do "yum update" as
well, make sure you've got the latest of everything. Then, restart, and
repeat step 6
That's about it. If you have a sympathetic sysadmin, they should be
able to help you through the details of some of this - but that's the
big picture.
Regards,
John
Abot Botbot wrote:
> John,
>
> Ahh! Thanks for seeing that so quickly.. Now I have a few options..
>
> 1) Reformat/Reinstall to get to redhat kernel 2.4, which hopefully my
> department has on a shelf somewhere..
> 2) Attempt to install Xilinx EDK and ISE 7.1, which we do have, but no
> one in the building has gotten it to work on the redhat 2.6.1 kernel
> that i currently have, so that might not pan out well either.. This was
> why i was using EDK 6.3, my IT guy who has been helping me through my
> linux n00bery suggested it because he already knew how to get it
> working.. somewhat.... He considers "working" that it brings up the GUI
> :D...
> 3) Attempt to get a copy of EDK and ISE 8.1 and be the first in my
> building to tackle getting it going on our linux distribution. Someone
> has the CDs here, I will let otu the dogs to find them..
>
> Any suggestions about which option to try first? Can I install EDK 7.1
> and 6.3 in parallel, provided my paths, setup.sh and init.d files and
> whatnot are all pointing at the new distro?
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
>> From: John Williams <jwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: microblaze-uclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [microblaze-uclinux] parallel cable errors
>> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:07:20 +1000
>>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> I think you are wedged between kernel versions, driver versions and tool
>> versions. See below:
>>
>> Abot Botbot wrote:
>>
>> > ./configure
>> > make
>> > make install
>> >
>> > And I get an error durring install:
>> >
>> > FATAL: Error inserting windrvr6
>> > (/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4/kernel/drivers/misc/windrvr6.o):
>> Unknown
>> > symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>> >
>> > then in dmesg i see:
>> >
>> > windrvr6: no version for "struct_module" found: Kernel tainted.
>> > and a lot of unkown symbols that start with class_simple_junk
>> >
>> > im running Redhat Enterprise 3, kernel 2.6.1, edk 6.3 and ise 6.3
>>
>> Isn't RHEL3 a 2.4 kernel distro? RHEL 4 uses 2.6.
>>
>> There have been recent reports of success installing Xilinx parallel
>> drivers under 2.6 kernels, search the comp.arch.fpga archives for
>> starters.
>>
>> Things were a bit shakey driver-wise in the EDK/ISE6.3 series, got
>> stable eventually in 7.1 with 2.4 kernel, buty hacks were still required
>> for 2.6
>>
>> As of 8.1, I believe 2.6 kernel should be ok out of the box, but I
>> haven't actually checked.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John
>>
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