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ihsan28
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5 months ago

Linux kernel source for SoC FPGA Intel

Hi, I notice that there are two sources for building a Linux kernel for SoC FPGA. First is https://github.com/altera-fpga/linux-socfpga, and the second is https://github.com/altera-fpga/gsrd-socfp...
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ScottW_Altera
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5 months ago

Hi @ihsan28 ,

The first (linux-socfpga) is the actual Linux kernel source for SoC FPGA devices.

The second (gsrd-socfpga) is a set of metadata and scripts to build a Yocto based Linux distribution for a given devkit (i.e. an image you can use to boot a board).

If you just want to build a Linux kernel from source the first repo is enough. If you want to build a full Linux image for a devkit use the second.