P2P: Petalinux Labs

RE: P2P: Petalinux Labs

rscasny — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:59:34 GMT

Thanks Phil.

I read all of your blogs. Just a fine job. Thank for your efforts.

I appreciate the feedback you gave to the training program. I will be giving the sponsor a summary of all the suggestions for improvement. Your input has real value.

Randall

--element14 Team

RE: P2P: Petalinux Labs

nerdyupdates — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 04:57:12 GMT

Thought I would post this to lighten up the frustration with PetaLinux tools. It's relevant to the warning that was in Lab 1 of PetaLinux training [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-da293ee5-ba63-48b1-96b1-5325ffdd411a/contentimage_5F00_938.png:16:16]:

https://www.facebook.com/nixcraft/videos/468260607153696/

RE: P2P: Petalinux Labs

Fred27 — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:57:58 GMT

I've found Petalinux to be a total pain. Even following the documentation for installation exactly requires lots of tweaks and workarounds. My latest was a refusal to build due to the locale. I upgraded RAM. I even had to add an extra HDD alongside my SSD. I went off on a tangent that ended up with a dodgy SATA cable destroying two 1.5TB drivers and losing loads of data.

I noticed that a 2019.1 BSP for the MicroZed has just been uploaded here, so at least I won't have to stick with 2018.2 to keep things simple and supported for the MicroZed. (Of course, 2019.2 is the current version but it's a start.)

Petalinux is poorly documented from start to finish. Considering being able to run Linux on your own customised hardware is a key feature of the Zynq, it's surprising that this is the case.

RE: P2P: Petalinux Labs

ralphjy — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:04:02 GMT

I agree with your statement about system resources. I wasn't quite prepared for it and I had to switch computers before starting the PetaLinux course. I was also surprised with the requirement to run the tools in a Windows VM. They do warn about reserving a lot of disk space. I only allocated 300GB and had to be diligent about deleting build products as each build can consume ~30GB. But otherwise as you said, I thought the courses were very good.

Good luck with your project.

RE: P2P: Petalinux Labs

clem57 — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:18:09 GMT

Thanks for a great write up! Your description is like being there [mention:a98b7353ee7249169f58b89780e7b9c8:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] .