. . .
- add-xilinx-drivers (new). This patch adds drivers for Xilinx FPGA
IP
cores to the ./drivers subdirectory in U-Boot. Now all boards using processors contained in Xilinx Virtex FPGAs can use a common set of drivers. All drivers use GPLed code taken from either the MontaVista
Linux
kernel sources or U-Boot itself. Drivers have been tested with the
ANT2
and memec_2vpxx boards.
If you're willing, given that this is FPGA-based I think it would be
wise
to document not only the boards (physical hardware) that are supported
but
also the specific versions of FPGA-based "hardware", e.g. "PLB EMAC
v2.00f".
In my experience this has been a problem with things like the Linux ker- nel; there is no indication of what version(s) of FPGA-based hardware a given driver is designed for.
Tom, I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a consensus between all of the parties involved as to the correct approach. In the absence of any agreement, I'm at least trying to get the drivers in a common area so that we can get things moving. I'm supporting two Xilinx FPGA designs (one custom, on eval board) and I have a pile of patches that I'd like to get incorporated. Wolfgang has some issues with the Xilinx code that I'm going to try and address, but at some point there is going to be problems with driver versioning as U-Boot is ported to more Xilinx FPGA based boards and as the Xilinx IP cores evolve. I'm interested in getting these things resolved because I'm feeling the pain.
Keith