Linux OS for ARM Cortex A9 processor

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We are planning to use ARM Cortex A9 processor with Linux as the embedded OS. Please help us with the following questions:

(1) What is the embedded Linux OS that work well with ARM Cortex A9 processor on Altera Stratix IV dev kit? For example, the DE4 Stratix IV dev kit (EP4SGX530C2).

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The Stratix IV GX does not contain an ARM core.

You need to look on the Altera web site at the SoC devices (Arria and Cyclone).

http://www.altera.com/devices/processor/soc-fpga/proc-soc-fpga.html

http://www.altera.com/devices/processor/arm/cortex-a9/m-arm-cortex-a9.html

Cheers,

Dave

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The Stratix IV GX does not contain an ARM core.

You need to look on the Altera web site at the SoC devices (Arria and Cyclone).

Cheers,

Dave

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You are, right. I just noticed there isn't any ARM core for Stratix IV. My bad :(

Thanks for highlighting this, Dave.

As far as I can tell, there is currently only a virtual hardware system for SoC development:

http://www.altera.com/devices/processor/arm/cortex-a9/virtual-target/proc-a9-virtual-target.html

Cheers,

Dave

Hi Dave,

For Nios II Fast processor, does it support standard Linux OS (besides the Linux OS supplied by the Altera partners)?

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For Nios II Fast processor, does it support standard Linux OS (besides the Linux OS supplied by the Altera partners)?

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I don't use NIOS II or NIOS II with Linux. Post a new forum question to see what others can tell you.

Personally, I see no point in running Linux on 100MHz processor. External processors are inexpensive and much faster, eg., Freescale MPC8308 PowerPC processor, TI Sitara ARM processor.

Cheers,

Dave