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Stafford Horne edited this page Oct 18, 2018 · 7 revisions

Running Linux on LiteX

For Linux support an FPGA must have some type of large dynamic ram such as SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, LP-DDR, etc.

LiteX Linux Support Random Notes Google Doc

Linux Patches Upstreaming

Litex requires a set of openrisc linux patches available at https://github.com/timvideos/linux-litex. These ultimately need to go upstream. The patches include:

EVBAR support arch/openrisc Supporting kernel not loaded at 0x0
Bootvector arch/openrisc Support not booting from 0x0
LiteUart driver drivers
LiteEth driver drivers
LitexInfo driver drivers