Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | OpenRISC Linux |
| 2 | ============== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | This is a port of Linux to the OpenRISC class of microprocessors; the initial |
| 5 | target architecture, specifically, is the 32-bit OpenRISC 1000 family (or1k). |
| 6 | |
| 7 | For information about OpenRISC processors and ongoing development: |
| 8 | |
Stafford Horne | d01e1f3 | 2016-03-21 17:11:10 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | website http://openrisc.io |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | email openrisc@lists.librecores.org |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
| 12 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Build instructions for OpenRISC toolchain and Linux |
| 15 | =================================================== |
| 16 | |
| 17 | In order to build and run Linux for OpenRISC, you'll need at least a basic |
| 18 | toolchain and, perhaps, the architectural simulator. Steps to get these bits |
| 19 | in place are outlined here. |
| 20 | |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | 1) Toolchain |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | Toolchain binaries can be obtained from openrisc.io or our github releases page. |
| 24 | Instructions for building the different toolchains can be found on openrisc.io |
| 25 | or Stafford's toolchain build and release scripts. |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | binaries https://github.com/openrisc/or1k-gcc/releases |
| 28 | toolchains https://openrisc.io/software |
| 29 | building https://github.com/stffrdhrn/or1k-toolchain-build |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | 2) Building |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | Build the Linux kernel as usual |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | |
| 35 | make ARCH=openrisc defconfig |
| 36 | make ARCH=openrisc |
| 37 | |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | 3) Running on FPGA (optional) |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | The OpenRISC community typically uses FuseSoC to manage building and programming |
| 41 | an SoC into an FPGA. The below is an example of programming a De0 Nano |
| 42 | development board with the OpenRISC SoC. During the build FPGA RTL is code |
| 43 | downloaded from the FuseSoC IP cores repository and built using the FPGA vendor |
| 44 | tools. Binaries are loaded onto the board with openocd. |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | |
Stafford Horne | e4082de | 2017-10-21 22:39:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | git clone https://github.com/olofk/fusesoc |
| 47 | cd fusesoc |
| 48 | sudo pip install -e . |
| 49 | |
| 50 | fusesoc init |
| 51 | fusesoc build de0_nano |
| 52 | fusesoc pgm de0_nano |
| 53 | |
| 54 | openocd -f interface/altera-usb-blaster.cfg \ |
| 55 | -f board/or1k_generic.cfg |
| 56 | |
| 57 | telnet localhost 4444 |
| 58 | > init |
| 59 | > halt; load_image vmlinux ; reset |
| 60 | |
| 61 | 4) Running on a Simulator (optional) |
| 62 | |
| 63 | QEMU is a processor emulator which we recommend for simulating the OpenRISC |
| 64 | platform. Please follow the OpenRISC instructions on the QEMU website to get |
| 65 | Linux running on QEMU. You can build QEMU yourself, but your Linux distribution |
| 66 | likely provides binary packages to support OpenRISC. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | qemu openrisc https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/Platforms/OpenRISC |
Jonas Bonn | 6162576 | 2011-06-04 22:45:16 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | |
| 70 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 71 | |
| 72 | Terminology |
| 73 | =========== |
| 74 | |
| 75 | In the code, the following particles are used on symbols to limit the scope |
| 76 | to more or less specific processor implementations: |
| 77 | |
| 78 | openrisc: the OpenRISC class of processors |
| 79 | or1k: the OpenRISC 1000 family of processors |
| 80 | or1200: the OpenRISC 1200 processor |
| 81 | |
| 82 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 83 | |
| 84 | History |
| 85 | ======== |
| 86 | |
| 87 | 18. 11. 2003 Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com) |
| 88 | initial port of linux to OpenRISC/or32 architecture. |
| 89 | all the core stuff is implemented and seams usable. |
| 90 | |
| 91 | 08. 12. 2003 Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com) |
| 92 | complete change of TLB miss handling. |
| 93 | rewrite of exceptions handling. |
| 94 | fully functional sash-3.6 in default initrd. |
| 95 | a much improved version with changes all around. |
| 96 | |
| 97 | 10. 04. 2004 Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com) |
| 98 | alot of bugfixes all over. |
| 99 | ethernet support, functional http and telnet servers. |
| 100 | running many standard linux apps. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | 26. 06. 2004 Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com) |
| 103 | port to 2.6.x |
| 104 | |
| 105 | 30. 11. 2004 Matjaz Breskvar (phoenix@bsemi.com) |
| 106 | lots of bugfixes and enhancments. |
| 107 | added opencores framebuffer driver. |
| 108 | |
| 109 | 09. 10. 2010 Jonas Bonn (jonas@southpole.se) |
| 110 | major rewrite to bring up to par with upstream Linux 2.6.36 |