Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
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Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#2They just seem to be piling patch on 5.15 from Oct 2021... you want to have a bad time? Because that's how you have a bad time.
Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#3They just seem to be piling patch on 5.15 from Oct 2021... you want to have a bad time? Because that's how you have a bad time.
at this point just roll with generic release or xanmod lmfao
Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#4Seriously, whenever I need to touch anything Xilinx I cry.
PetaLinux is the most useless abstraction over Yocto ever. It does one thing well: build an image exactly as Xilinx specified. As soon as you need to change the tiniest thing the whole system implodes.
And as is tradition in this sector their whole support scheme is: "sorry, didn't do it EXACTLY like we did, so no support."
If you want to make your Embedded Linux guy happy, stay far far away from anything Xilinx.
Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#5Xilinx is about to be folded into AMD. Along with Solarflare.
We might hope AMD fires the Xilinx programmers responsible for customer facing repositories.
Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#6F Xilinx. Cordially, a Linux user.
Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#7Seriously, whenever I need to touch anything Xilinx I cry. PetaLinux is the most useless abstraction over Yocto ever. It does one thing well: build an image exactly as Xilinx specified. As soon as you need to change the tiniest thing the whole system implodes. And as is tradition in this sector their whole support scheme is: "sorry, didn't do it EXACTLY like we did, so no support." If you want to make your Embedded L…
* If you want to make your Embedded Linux guy happy, stay far far away from anything Xilinx.*
Do you mind elaborating? I just selected Zynq Ultrascale+ ZU5EG for a new project. We did run some tests on the EVK and it seems stable.
Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#8I actually like Xilinx's ultrascale SoCs and the petalinux platform. It's not perfect but it works pretty well and is very customizable.
Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#9Seriously, whenever I need to touch anything Xilinx I cry. PetaLinux is the most useless abstraction over Yocto ever. It does one thing well: build an image exactly as Xilinx specified. As soon as you need to change the tiniest thing the whole system implodes. And as is tradition in this sector their whole support scheme is: "sorry, didn't do it EXACTLY like we did, so no support." If you want to make your Embedded L…
* If you want to make your Embedded Linux guy happy, stay far far away from anything Xilinx.* Do you mind elaborating? I just selected Zynq Ultrascale+ ZU5EG for a new project. We did run some tests on the EVK and it seems stable.
It's not that it is unstable as much as it is needlessly painful to work with.
Re: Linux-Xlnx – The official Linux kernel from Xilinx
#10I've used this kernel on some products and would recommend staying away when possible because you're kind of stuck in a corner wrt to feature and security updates.
Most of Xilinx's SoCs are very close to working on mainline kernels out of the box. You'll need to build/patch some advanced FPGA features, but with nothing more then a kernel config you'll have a functioning Linux system.
IMHO, putting in the work to use a mainline kernel (and Yocto in place of petalinux) is well worth it in the long run for real products.
Xilinx is to be commended for their efforts to mainline many features.
Petalinux and linux-xlnx are ultimately early dev and platform demonstration tools. They provide many features, but are lacking polish and stability needed for real products.