Hardware analysis - SLD files already available

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Hi,

When building an XPe image based on target's hardware analysis, is it
necessary/recommended to do the analysis with CPU, mermory, cooler etc
mounted on board or isn't this really required to build the OS?

I'm using "886LCD-M/FLEX" SBC by Kontron & the board's SLD-files are
already available on the manufacturer's site :
http://emea.kontron.com/index.php?id=226&cat=62&productid=531
As a consequence, I could directly start with the Target Designer tool
& this would save me some time.

However, as the CPU, DDR RAM etc. aren't standardly installed, maybe
it's a better idea to redo the hardware analysis with all these
components mounted on the board.


Thanks in advance
 
It shouldn't matter. The HAL/computer component is not going to change. The
SLD files should work.

Regards,

Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
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So I just have to add the board's CPU driver to the configuration then
in target designer and the image will work on the target device,
concerning the hardware part of the design?

Thanks in advance
 
we also use Konton processor modules. We have found that the SLD files for
them sometimes don't have all the componenets that they should. However they
are a good place to start.

After you've got the system to boot on your hardware use the device manager
(it's a good idea to install it as a component, you can always remove it and
it's dependencies later when you've resolved all the issues) and see if there
are any components flagged with a yellow exclamation mark, then add the
drivers for the missing components in target designer and re-build.

Problems we had included only one of the two USB root hubs included (if it's
a via chipset search comonents for 'companion') and the Vinyl AC97 drivers
had something wrong with it. I had to build my own.
 
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