virtex-linux

Virtex-Linux is a Small linux distro, suitable for use on the embedded powerpc-405 processor of the virtex-II FPGA. The XUP-V2P plataform is initially supported. The goal is to build a debian-like system, or to directly use debian repositories. History: New 13/4/2009: I have successfuly compiled 2.6.29 kernel using uartlite, xsysace and emaclite drivers with XPS 10.1 sp3. Instructions are here: http://code.google.com/p/virtex-linux/wiki/LinuxV2 As part of the required courses for my PHD in Computer Science in ITBA (Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires), I spent the second semester of 2007 researching and using the FPGA technology to build custom digital hardware. One of the task that i completed during that period was this small Linux distro, to use it as a little server when I"m not using it in my evil projects (AKA research thesis). Turns out that the PowerPC 405 that comes with the Virtex II-Pro is not slow at all and can easily run almost all the