Commit f9e54d35 authored by Javier Serrano's avatar Javier Serrano

Incorporated useful feedback from Erik, Emilio and David.

parent d982f3d1
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\begin{block}{The good things of commercial HW}
\begin{itemize}
\item
Built and tested by someone else.
Designed, built and tested by someone else (resource gain).
\item
Supported by someone else.
Immediately available.
\item
Guaranteed.
Hardware proven by many users in many different applications.
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
\end{frame}
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\section{Choices}
\begin{frame}{Hardware development}
\begin{block}{FPGA Mezzanine Cards (FMC)}
\begin{block}{VITA 57 FPGA Mezzanine Cards (FMC)}
\begin{itemize}
\item The only standard (VITA 57) to fit our needs.
\item The only standard to fit our needs.
\item High-bandwidth BGA connector for multi-Gb/s links.
\item VME and PCIe carriers in the pipeline.
\item Xilinx kits have FMC slots $\rightarrow$ convenient for testing.
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\begin{frame}{Gateware and software}{Some initial ideas}
\begin{block}{Gateware}
\begin{itemize}
\item Wishbone-based.
\item Internal bus is Wishbone-based (open standard with IP cores available).
\item Try to automate repetitive code through scripts.
\item Auto-discovery of cores by Linux kernel would be nice.
\item Auto-discovery of Wishbone cores by Linux kernel would be nice.
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
\begin{block}{Software (very preliminary ideas!)}
\begin{itemize}
\item Kernel modules, one per core.
\item Interconnected by a driver representing the whole board.
\item Integration into official kernel desirable.
\item Define Wishbone as a bus in Linux.
\item Write Linux modules and interconnect them by a driver representing the whole board.
\item Integration into official kernel desirable.
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
\end{frame}
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Become part of a larger OH team, fully respecting OH practice. Sell full systems based on OH kit.
\end{block}
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\begin{block}{Red Hat-style}
\begin{block}{Red Hat-style (kind of)}
Sell manufacture, test and support of individual boards along with a guarantee. Participate in design if needed.
\end{block}
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\subsection{Legal issues}
\begin{frame}{Licensing}{A quick landscape tour}
\begin{block}{HW is not like SW}
\begin{block}{Hardware is not like software}
\begin{itemize}
\item Copyright protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself.
\item For a schematic (and even HDL), GPL is easily bypassed.
......@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ Opening up your designs does make you more vulnerable to this disease.
\item
We are learning a lot, even electronics! ;)
\item
Definitely more fun that closed HW.
Definitely more fun than closed HW.
\end{itemize}
\end{block}
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