Some FPGAs development kits that will will run Linux are mentioned in the following blog posting (ARM, MicroBlaze, NIOS II, & PPC processors):
http://www.registerbits.com/to-fpga-or-virtual-prototype Not sure if you'd be able to get the required performance out of a soft-core... On Jun 26, 7:50 pm, Sean McNeil <seanmcne...@gmail.com> wrote: > FPGA stands for Field Programmable Gate Array. It is essentially > programmable hardware. The answer to such a query is no, Android cannot > be ported to an FPGA. You would basically need a 32-bit cpu core placed > on the FPGA along with supporting hardware. Then port Linux onto it, > then Android. Android works pretty well on ARM v5 or newer architectures > as well as x86. So your best bet is to use an FPGA-cpu like the Altera > ARM chip.Eric Wong (hdmp4.com) wrote: > > On Jun 26, 2:49 am, tapas kundu <tapaskun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> We are doing our masters project at IITD, our supervisor has asked us > >> to consider getting the Andoid OS working on FPGA. > > > What exactly is that? > > >> This project is very important for us as it has 18 credits out of > >> total 61. So we want to be very sure that we would get this done. > > >> These are the questions we'll like to ask. > > >> Has someone already ported Android on FPGA? Is there a project people > >> are working on with this as their aim? > > > Sorry, don't know anything about that. > > >> Android works on Linux with Java running on top of it. To get this to > >> work we would first need Linux to work on FPGA with Graphics and also > >> have Java running on top of it. How is this supposed to be done? Has > >> it been done? > > > Does your board runs linux? if yes, it is possible to port Android > > over. If not, don't think about it. > > Keep in mind Android's minimal requirement of ARM9 200Mhz or better. > > > I would say about 90% of the work is to upgrade your board's linux > > kernel to the latest one that Android uses, which is 2.6.25 for > > Android 1.5. Supposedly 2.6.29 for Android 2.0 and then apply the > > Android patches. Putting on the Android file system itself should not > > be too difficult.... > > >> If I download the Android OS and build on linux 32 bit. Will it work > >> on x86 architecture (for testing purposes)? > > > Technically, no. If it was that easy, everyone will be selling Android > > laptops or netbooks more than a year ago. > > Realistically, yes after putting xx man hours on it. You basically > > need to do a complete port for it to work, except the emulator. > > Find the Eeepc Android port. > > >> On the webpagehttp://source.android.com/downloadthisline is written > >> To build the Android files in a Mac OS environment, you need an Intel/ > >> x86 machine. The Android build system and tools do not support the > >> obsolete PowerPC architecture. > >> Is the same statement valid even if build in ubuntu linux environment? > > >> How much time/effort you people think would be required? There are 2 > >> people (Tapas and Ashish) doing the same project which will go on for > >> about an year? > > > Depends on your experience.....I think it will probably take both of > > your entire master degree to complete the work. > > >> Can we get some papers published for our work? > > > Why don't you try to find if someone had published any work on it? > > >> Thanks and Regards, > >> Tapas Kundu > >> Ashish Srivastava > > > Lastly, I am not a developer but I am co-coordinating an Android > > project for my company, building Android hardware, currently > > completing our Android port. > > If you think there is any possibilities that you can have your master > > project relating to whatever we are doing, feel free to contact me to > > discuss. > > > Cheers > > Eric > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
