The Linux As The Operating System For Computational Node Of Custom Computing Machine Class System

Author

Szulc, M. ; Pierzchlewski, J. ; Rybarczyk, A.

Author_Institution

Poznan Univ. of Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

22-24 June 2006

Firstpage

728

Lastpage

733

Abstract

The paper presents the application of the modified real-time Linux kernel as the operating system for the computational node of CCM (custom computing machine) class parallel system designed to aid the simulations of three-dimensional electromagnetic field. The computational node is the application-specific design optimized for the implementation in the FPGA. It is based on Xilnx VirtexIIPro FPGA equipped with two embedded cores of the PowerPC processors. The presented real-time kernel is designed to run on one of the cores. The paper details the procedure needed to create the kernel customized for the specific architecture of the system. The software packages and tools utilized in the kernel development process are also presented

Keywords

Linux; computational electromagnetics; embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; operating system kernels; software packages; 3D electromagnetic field; FPGA; PowerPC processors; Xilnx VirtexIIPro; application-specific design; computational node; custom computing machine class system; embedded cores; embedded system; linux operating system; parallel system; real-time Linux kernel; software packages; software tools; system architecture; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Design optimization; Electromagnetic fields; Field programmable gate arrays; Kernel; Linux; Operating systems; Real time systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and System, 2006. MIXDES 2006. Proceedings of the International Conference

Conference_Location

Gdynia

Print_ISBN

83-922632-2-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIXDES.2006.1706680

Filename

1706680