yocto supported freescale eval boards
Hi,
A customer asked for a training with a freescale eval board and I would like to use yocto for it.
What I found from the documentation is, that the MPC8313E-RDB Reference Platform is supported. I'm a bit confused by a list, which can be found on the Freescale website:
It says:
MPC8313E-RDB,Hardware Only 8313E PROCESSOR BD (SOCK Hardware Not
Recommended for New Design)
MPC8313E-RDB-T, MPC8313E-RDB-U, MPC8313E-RDB-UT, MPC8313E-RDBB seem to be still supported. What's the difference? What would you recommend?
Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
What would you recommend? Are there more Freescale eval boards going to be supported by yocto in the near future?
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Hi,
A customer asked for a training with a freescale eval board and I would like to use yocto for it.
What I found from the documentation is, that the MPC8313E-RDB Reference Platform is supported. I'm a bit confused by a list, which can be found on the Freescale website:
It says:
MPC8313E-RDB,Hardware Only 8313E PROCESSOR BD (SOCK Hardware Not
Recommended for New Design)
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MPC8313E-RDB-T, MPC8313E-RDB-U, MPC8313E-RDB-UT, MPC8313E-RDBB seem to be still supported. What's the difference? What would you recommend?
Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
What would you recommend? Are there more Freescale eval boards going to be supported by yocto in the near future?
We're currently using the following board.
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
I don't know which upcoming boards are likely to be adopted, perhaps Bruce (CC'd) will have some ideas?
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Hi,
A customer asked for a training with a freescale eval board and I would like to use yocto for it.
What I found from the documentation is, that the MPC8313E-RDB Reference Platform is supported. I'm a bit confused by a list, which can be found on the Freescale website:
It says:
MPC8313E-RDB,Hardware Only 8313E PROCESSOR BD (SOCK Hardware Not Recommended for New Design)
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MPC8313E-RDB-T, MPC8313E-RDB-U, MPC8313E-RDB-UT, MPC8313E-RDBB seem to be still supported. What's the difference? What would you recommend?
Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
The imx31ads is supported by older non linux-yocto recipes, so it may have some bit rot at the moment. Until it gets refreshed onto a linux-yocto base, your mileage will vary with it.
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What would you recommend? Are there more Freescale eval boards going to be supported by yocto in the near future?
We're currently using the following board.
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
Confirmed. This is the board we are currently using.
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I don't know which upcoming boards are likely to be adopted, perhaps Bruce (CC'd) will have some ideas?
There are definitely plans to update/refresh the FSL/e500 board options. Unofficially there's a whole set of boards that will work fine, and there's a good pool of good quality BSPs that are viable options.
I hesitate to say more, since nothing has been quite chosen yet and I'd be speculating or worse misleading at this point. But a newer e500 based board is something that will arrive once everything falls into place.
That being said, I can suggest/help with the addition of any of a number of FSL powerpc based boards, it all depends on what the requirements are for the board. Does it just have to be readily available ? Less than 'x' dollars ? Any particular peripheral support ?
Cheers,
Bruce
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Hi Darren, Bruce,
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Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
The imx31ads is supported by older non linux-yocto recipes, so it may have some bit rot at the moment. Until it gets refreshed onto a linux-yocto base, your mileage will vary with it.
Thanks for the hint;)
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We're currently using the following board.
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
Confirmed. This is the board we are currently using.
There are definitely plans to update/refresh the FSL/e500 board options. Unofficially there's a whole set of boards that will work fine, and there's a good pool of good quality BSPs that are viable options.
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I hesitate to say more, since nothing has been quite chosen yet and I'd be speculating or worse misleading at this point. But a newer e500 based board is something that will arrive once everything falls into place.
Do you happen to have some time estimation for this?
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That being said, I can suggest/help with the addition of any of a number of FSL powerpc based boards, it all depends on what the requirements are for the board. Does it just have to be readily available ? Less than 'x' dollars ? Any particular peripheral support ?
I'm doing a 5 days "Introduction to Embedded Linux" and a 5 days "Device Drivers and Kernel Internals" training which are pretty much hardware independent. Just want to avoid using LTIB and want to use yocto instead, since a "mainline" kernel is definitely preferred over whatever comes with LTIB. Most likely mainline will work with most of the powerpc based boards as long as I don't need any fancy peripherals.
Thanks for the offer to help me adding a board. I'll have a chat with my customer and will let you know.
Regards,
Robert
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Cheers,
Bruce
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Hi Darren, Bruce,
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Besides the PPC the iMX31ADS seems to be supported as well.
The imx31ads is supported by older non linux-yocto recipes, so it may have some bit rot at the moment. Until it gets refreshed onto a linux-yocto base, your mileage will vary with it.
Thanks for the hint;)
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We're currently using the following board.
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
Confirmed. This is the board we are currently using.
There are definitely plans to update/refresh the FSL/e500 board options. Unofficially there's a whole set of boards that will work fine, and there's a good pool of good quality BSPs that are viable options.
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I hesitate to say more, since nothing has been quite chosen yet and I'd be speculating or worse misleading at this point. But a newer e500 based board is something that will arrive once everything falls into place.
Do you happen to have some time estimation for this?
Nothing that I'd call a solid commitment at the moment. Hopefully this will be something we can clarify in the next little while.
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That being said, I can suggest/help with the addition of any of a number of FSL powerpc based boards, it all depends on what the requirements are for the board. Does it just have to be readily available ? Less than 'x' dollars ? Any particular peripheral support ?
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I'm doing a 5 days "Introduction to Embedded Linux" and a 5 days "Device Drivers and Kernel Internals" training which are pretty much hardware independent. Just want to avoid using LTIB and want to use yocto instead, since a "mainline" kernel is definitely preferred over whatever comes with LTIB. Most likely mainline will work with most of the powerpc based boards as long as I don't need any fancy peripherals.
A reasonable requirement and something that leaves a good set of boards available.
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Thanks for the offer to help me adding a board. I'll have a chat with my customer and will let you know
Sounds good.
Bruce
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Regards,
Robert
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Cheers,
Bruce
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We're currently using the following board.
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?PName?Name=MPC8315E-RDBA-ND&Site=US&Lang=EN
Just FYI it looks like this board is not available in Europe from Digikey due to U.S. export controls. Some kind of top secret U.S. hardware, I guess ;)
As an alternative solution, which you can actually get in Europe I ordered this: http://www.denx-cs.de/?q=mpc8315e-rdb
No ND at the and, still I hope it's going to work.
Regards,
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