David, The latest DSPLink, i.e. DSPLink 1.60 adds some features into the build system, that make it significantly easier to use with Linux kernel build system and hence, recent Linux kernels. In fact, we have also published a wiki page on how to build DSPLink using kbuild: http://tiexpressdsp.com/wiki/index.php?title=Building_DSPLink_with_kbuild
In addition, the dsplinkcfg.pl script has been made into a command-line version, so that it can be invoked from a scriptable build system to generate the CURRENTCFG.MK file required for DSPLink build configuration. However, in the current DSPLink 1.xx versions, we are not making further efforts to bring DSPLink into the mainline, because we foresee significant changes required within internal DSPLink architecture to enable usage as any other Linux driver. We are planning to take this up in the next-generation version of DSPLink that modularizes DSPLink further and specifically targets Linux'ization as one of the activities. This would not only make DSPLink more Linux friendly, but would internally structure it such that it matches the look and feel of other Linux drivers. This activity is currently only in the planning stage, but we will keep the community in the loop for the discussions. Towards that, we would really appreciate feedback on what are the main things in DSPLink that are currently 'pain areas' when working on community Linux. Regards, Mugdha -----Original Message----- From: David Brownell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:00 PM To: Kamoolkar, Mugdha Cc: [email protected]; Liu Hua Subject: Re: dsplink and cmem On Monday 05 January 2009, Kamoolkar, Mugdha wrote: > DSPLink is available for free download at: > https://www-a.ti.com/downloads/sds_support/targetcontent/link/index.ht > ml > > Latest versions (1.50 onwards) support 2.6.18+ kernels. I would advise > using DSPLink 1.60, which is the latest release available. Are there plans to integrate it into mainline? _______________________________________________ Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list [email protected] http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source
