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Re: [microblaze-uclinux] HELP!!! Porting UClinux on Spartan 3



You need more RAM to port uclinux.  I can't remember exactly the amount but you need much more than 1MB.
---- Nikhil Narayana <knikhil87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Hi guys,
> 
> I have been allocated a project in my university this summer. I am supposed
> to port Uclinux on a Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA Starter Kit Board (XC3S200). The
> specs of this board are given below:
> 
> 200,000 gates
> 2Mbit Platform Flash
> 1MB SRAM
> 9 pin RS 232 Serial Port
> 
> 
> Along with this I got the DVDs of Xilinx ISE Webpack and Xilinx EDK 8.1 and
> a computer on which I installed Fedora Core 3.
> 
> Since, I had no prior experience with either FPGAs or Operating Systems I
> searched on the net for info  and started following the guide by Jason Wu &
> John Williams. I have downloaded the UClinux dist and 2.4.x as per the
> manual.
> 
> As the manual is for ML 401 board I am having some doubts. The manual states
> that I am to download the required MDM for V4 devices,dl.sh,Make file and
> xmd.ini Should I download these or not???? I would like to know that what
> changes am I supposed to make for Uclinux to run on my board??
> 
> Also the manual specifies the changes to make in settings.sh for EDK 6.3 and
> EDK 7.1. I would  like to know what changes are required in EDK 8.1???
> 
> If anybody has ported Uclinux on this board please help me.
> 
> Thanx in advance
> 
> Nikhil

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