Forum Discussion

Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
15 years ago

DE0:Customize Kernel Settings

HI,everyone !

I want to Customize my own uCinux kernel on DE0.I make menuconfig in the uclinux-dist directory and select the Customize Kernel Settings.IN Processor type and features\Platform a development board mdel should be selected.There are models such as ALtera DE2 Development board and ALtera Cyclone III 3c120 Development board excpet for DE0 Development board,so what can I do ? Which board should I select, or should I creat my own board model?

Can anyone help me ?

Thanks in advance!:)

3 Replies

  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    15 years ago

    My first suggestion is to use "make xconfig" instead of"make menuconfig". It is a graphic configration tool and you can ignore the Board Selection.

    ---------

    And the second, documents (http://www.nioswiki.com/@api/deki/files/342/=opensource_linux_niosii_user_guide_-_fixed_toc.doc) and examples (http://www.nioswiki.com/linux) from Nios Wiki will help you a lot.

    ---------

    The third is you may be careful with the kernel because the memory is very limited for Linux design on DE0.
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    15 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    My first suggestion is to use "make xconfig" instead of"make menuconfig". It is a graphic configration tool and you can ignore the Board Selection.

    ---------

    And the second, documents (http://www.nioswiki.com/@api/deki/files/342/=opensource_linux_niosii_user_guide_-_fixed_toc.doc) and examples (http://www.nioswiki.com/linux) from Nios Wiki will help you a lot.

    ---------

    The third is you may be careful with the kernel because the memory is very limited for Linux design on DE0.

    --- Quote End ---

    It's very kind of you to reply!

    I have successfully transformed uClinux to my DE0 board under default settings. I start with a minimum hardware systems.

    But you know ,the IO pins and chips on DE0 board are quite diffrent from those on DE2 board and other boards supported by nios2-linux.As a result ,the device drivers may not apply to DE0 board!
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
    Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
    15 years ago

    It's very kind of you to reply!:)

    I have successfully transformed uClinux to my DE0 board under default settings. I start with a minimum hardware systems.

    But you know ,the IO pins and chips on DE0 board are quite diffrent from those on DE2 board and other boards supported by nios2-linux.As a result ,the device drivers may not apply to DE0 board!