Project query

[Joel Sherrill]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020, 12:58 PM Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 9:45 AM suyash singh <suyashsingh234 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > sorry clicked reply instead of "reply all"
> >
> >
> > I don't have any boards and experience. What interests me about this
> project is that microblaze is used in FPGA which are used in a variety of
> fields like science, medicine and defence. Porting an os to it would be a
> great contribution
> >
> Hi Suyash,
>
> For any BSP/port development project we require students to have
> access ahead of time to the hardware they would need to successfully
> complete the project.  So I don't think the microblaze would be a good
> project idea for you. I hope you can look for some more ideas that
> might interest you.
>
> Gedare
>
> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 9:30 PM Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Suyash,
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 8:07 AM suyash singh <suyashsingh234 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I am interested in "Port RTEMS to MicroBlaze"
> >> > https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2902
> >> >
> >> > How do I start understanding the previous work done and understanding
> what else needs to be done?
> >> >
> >> Hopefully Hesham or Joel will chime in on their effort.
> >>
> >> Do you have one or more Xilinx FPGA boards that you can use? Do you
> >> have any experience with Microblaze? If not, what interests you about
> >> this project?
>

Just to toss some info in. Qemu and gdb both have Microblaze simulation.
The Qemu should be close enough to real hardware to be suitable for a
complete port.

Graham has a repo somewhere with the port in its current state.

I think this is likely a viable project with the Qemu simulator.

--joel

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