Specifying specific CPU models in powerpc/qoriq BSPs

[Sebastian Huber]

Hello Travis,

which processor do you want to use? For which peripherals do you need drivers?

----- Am 15. Mrz 2016 um 18:32 schrieb Travis Wheatley travis.wheatley at emergentspace.com:

> I am working with a powerpc development board. RTEMS 4.12 has an existing BSP
> configuration that is very similar to what I am looking for. However, my
> development board uses a different processor/core, and therefore I presume will
> need a different a different set of libcpu files. I have read several documents
> including Chapter 3 of the RTEMS On-Line library files and understand that the
> Makefile.am, Makefile.in, and configure.ac files are used by bootstrap to
> generate the bsp configuration. Additionally, I understand that there is a .cfg
> file found in the make/custom directory associated with the BSP in which one
> specifies items like RTEMS_CPU_MODEL. In the case of this BSP here is what I
> find in the existing .cfg file:
> 
> --- Begin included text ---
> 
> include $(RTEMS_ROOT)/make/custom/default.cfg
> 
> RTEMS_CPU = powerpc
> 
> RTEMS_CPU_MODEL = qoriq
> 
> CPU_CFLAGS = -mcpu=e6500 -m32 -msdata=sysv -fno-common \
>      -D__ppc_generic
> 
> CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_V = -O2 -g
> CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE_V += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
> 
> LDFLAGS = -Wl,--gc-sections
> 
> --- end included text ---
> 
> Where I am confused is that the RTEMS_CPU_MODEL is listed as "qoriq". However,
> under the lib/cpu/powerpc directory I see processor specific code for multiple
> powerpc processors including both mpc5xx and mpc6xx specific items So my
> question is this...
> 
> While I see that the CPU_CFLAGS variable in the above .cfg file contains a flag
> that tells the compiler to build code for the e6500, I do not see any flag that
> tells bootstrap or the resulting build files produced to use the mpc6xx libcpu
> items. So, if I want to build a similar BSP configuration but for a development
> board using an mpc5xx processor, exactly where do I specify that in the various
> make and configuration files?
> 
> -- Travis Wheatley
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