Dear Damjan,
I am a little bit confused by current OpenCore development model. You
prompt a OpenSource hardware development model, but seems the development
process is quite different from what I saw for GPL software development (such
as Linux growth). The CVS just put in a buggy version(OR1001), and a lot
of developers jump in and began to study it, unfortunately it has been
obselete, this is another version being development secrectly. Is this the
development model? Can it really attract lots of developers all over the world
to donate their work? I really doubt it.
According to my understanding, if you think the development is somehow
mature, you put it out and share with others, a branch is possible, but
everybody should know it existence. What is OR1320, I am totally out of my
mind? This is no information, no document and no source code available, except
an OR1001 (very buggy, after a careful exmination). What should we
follow?
Without Linus, Linux can not be born and grow in such a health way. He
develope the model for a software to grow and get the trust of all of us. Who
will be the entity to represent the OpenCores? I didn't clearly see it yet.
Probably the work is not in that stage for others to take a look, then it is
fine, let's know, give us a date it could be available. We can wait. We expect
it coming, and see if it is that attractive.
If OpenCores idea is just for job seeking, how it will survive and how it
will process? Personally I can not see the light. A lot of opensource projects
failed in the middle way, only those with good maintainer grows up.
Above just my question and concern on the project, anyone could shed my
some light, it will be appreciated a lot.
Rgds,
-Ling
> > Dear Damjan,
> >
> > I understand that
you have a OR1K prototype board. Which code, OR1001
> > or
OR1320, do you use to synthese FPGA of OR1K? Can this
prototype
>
> (((I use OR1320. But it isn't released yet. OR1001
has many bugs in it.)))
>
> > board boot any OS such as
Linux? In OR1320, do you implement IRQN to
>
> (((Nothing
boots on openrisc yet. A lot more needs to be done before
something
will
> boot on it.)))
>
> > accept IO device
request?
>
> (((OR1320 has dedicated interrupt controller
built-in.)))
I am sorry some things were missunderstood. Damjan will further
explain some
details about or1k, but I think major problem for old version is lackage of
time
and constant design changes.
intentions. He is just workaholic trying to get things done as quickly as
possible.