Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-07 Thread Michael Schnell
I feel noMMU might give better performance. I suppose this greatly depends on the chip available and the application you want to do. Regarding the processor chip, with most brands the MMU and non-MMU chips will differ in much more than just the MMU-ness: different clock frequency, different

RE: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-07 Thread Goran Bilski
[mailto:uclinux-dev-boun...@uclinux.org] On Behalf Of Michael Schnell Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:06 AM To: uClinux development list Subject: Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU I feel noMMU might give better performance. I suppose this greatly depends on the chip available

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-07 Thread Michael Schnell
Goran Bilski wrote: Hi, MicroBlaze soft processor only uses physical addresses on the data cache. For the instruction cache, we use virtual addresses and to avoid aliasing problems we use process ID as part of the cache tag. This also has the benefit of avoiding flushing of the instruction

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-06 Thread Greg Ungerer
Hi Dave(s), David McCullough wrote: Jivin Dave Rensberger lays it down ... uClinux-dist supports anything (MMU and !MMU). The kernel in the latest uClinux-dist's is as close to the kernel.org eleases as possible. uClinux-dist even lets you add your own kernel easily. For example, take the

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-06 Thread Greg Ungerer
Hi Tom, Jamie, Jamie Lokier wrote: tom gogh wrote: As I mentioned in my mail to Greg, I want to check how MMU and noMMU can make difference. Good idea, especially on the same hardware. The results will be interesting. I feel noMMU might give better performance. I can't recall if this

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-06 Thread praveen_patel05
Hi, I´m trying to setup uClinux on my LPC2294 board, but I have a problem with the gnu-tools. When I start making with 'make menuconfig' in the folder uClinux-dist the following error occurs: I followed the instructions in the document Getting started uClinux with LPC22xx by Philips but it

[uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread tom gogh
Hello everyone, I am facing classic dilemma of which distribution to go for. I have powerpc with mmu, MIPS, may be in future some other processor like ARM and I want to keep my code portable to multiple arch. Which means, if I use MMU/noMMU in both cases, I need to do less rework or no

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread David McCullough
Jivin tom gogh lays it down ... Hello everyone, I am facing classic dilemma of which distribution to go for. I have powerpc with mmu, MIPS, may be in future some other processor like ARM and I want to keep my code portable to multiple arch. Which means, if I use MMU/noMMU in both

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread Greg Ungerer
Hi Tom, tom gogh wrote: I am facing classic dilemma of which distribution to go for. I have powerpc with mmu, MIPS, may be in future some other processor like ARM and I want to keep my code portable to multiple arch. Which means, if I use MMU/noMMU in both cases, I need to do less

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread Michael Schnell
tom gogh wrote: Which means, if I use MMU/noMMU in both cases, I need to do less rework or no rework and easy software maintanability. Are you targeting userland software or Kernel Work ? Normal userland software should not be greatly affected by the MMU. A common problem here is fork()

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread tom gogh
/09, David McCullough david_mccullo...@securecomputing.com wrote: From: David McCullough david_mccullo...@securecomputing.com Subject: Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU To: uClinux development list uclinux-dev@uclinux.org Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 3:17 AM Jivin tom gogh

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread tom gogh
great Linux distribution to work on. Regards, Anand --- On Fri, 9/4/09, Greg Ungerer g...@snapgear.com wrote: From: Greg Ungerer g...@snapgear.com Subject: Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU To: uClinux development list uclinux-dev@uclinux.org Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 3:20 AM

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread tom gogh
--- On Fri, 9/4/09, Michael Schnell mschn...@lumino.de wrote: From: Michael Schnell mschn...@lumino.de Subject: Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU To: uClinux development list uclinux-dev@uclinux.org Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 5:17 AM tom gogh wrote:    Which means, if I use

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread Dave Rensberger
uClinux-dist supports anything (MMU and !MMU). The kernel in the latest uClinux-dist's is as close to the kernel.org eleases as possible. uClinux-dist even lets you add your own kernel easily. For example, take the penguinppc kernel, extract it to a directory at in the dists top level dir

Re: [uClinux-dev] multiple arch with MMU/noMMU

2009-09-04 Thread David McCullough
Jivin Dave Rensberger lays it down ... uClinux-dist supports anything (MMU and !MMU). The kernel in the latest uClinux-dist's is as close to the kernel.org eleases as possible. uClinux-dist even lets you add your own kernel easily. For example, take the penguinppc kernel, extract it