Hi Doug,
--- In "dwkdnvr" <> wrote:
> Questions/verifications
> 1) VGA is listed on the TS site as 800x600, but comments on the
> list seem to indicate that it's only 640x480. Can I assume
> it's the latter?
There are two FPGA files supplied with the ts7300, depending on which
is configured to load at boot you can get either 640x480 or 800x600.
> 2) Kernel is 2.4.x only, due to the SD module. Anyone working
> on/looking at 2.6?
Various people on the list have been working on a 2.6 port for the TS-
72xx, I've not seen any TS-7300 2.6 talk. I would recommend getting
the TS-7800 together with a TS-7KV if you need 2.6.
> 3) Is there any point to getting the pre-installed SD images from
> TS? I assume they are the same as the downloadable images, but
> given some comments about distros needing tweaking, I thought
> I'd check.
You can take a standard 256MB+ SD card and the file of the FTP site
and using dd fro linux you can create the boot card supplied with the
unit.
> 4) Feedback on loading user code into the FPGA seems a bit spotty.
> I'm hoping to use the 7300 to learn a bit about verilog/FPGA.
> If I'm reading the forum posts correctly, if you disable the
> devices that reference the fpga facilities (console/vga, eth1,
> etc) then user code should load fine. Is this right?
As you state, you need to ensure that the modules that may use the
FPGA supplied hardware are either not loaded or configured not to
access the device. At which point you can change the FPGA files. You
loose all the functions (other than ethernet) provided by the FPGA
(including video).
Hope this helps,
PJE
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