Porting QNX to new platform

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I am trying to evaluate the effort for porting QNX for a new hardware
platform with a new processor (ARM based). I’ve downloaded and installed the
evaluation version of Momentics 6.3.0. P.E… However, when I tried to
download some sample BSPs from the website, I was told that I must “register
a valid 6.3.x license for this BSP source product”. I input the serial
number and passwd for my evaluation Momentics, it doesn’t work.

Questions:

  1. Do I have to purchase an official version for BSP development?
  2. Is there any documentation regarding porting QNX to new hardware
    platform? It seems I cannot find one that covers this topic in the doc list.

Rui

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“Rui Tang” <tangrui_nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ck4ag4$3o3$2@inn.qnx.com…

I am trying to evaluate the effort for porting QNX for a new hardware
platform with a new processor (ARM based). I’ve downloaded and installed
the
evaluation version of Momentics 6.3.0. P.E… However, when I tried to
download some sample BSPs from the website, I was told that I must
“register
a valid 6.3.x license for this BSP source product”. I input the serial
number and passwd for my evaluation Momentics, it doesn’t work.

Questions:

  1. Do I have to purchase an official version for BSP development?
  2. Is there any documentation regarding porting QNX to new hardware
    platform? It seems I cannot find one that covers this topic in the doc
    list.

  1. Essentially, yes. If you find this difficult, contact a local QNX sales
    representative to see if there are any options available for evaluation
    purposes.

  2. Provided it refers to BSP development, yes. There is documentation
    on Building Embedded Systems, and additional information on
    writing BSPs. Again, a sales representative may be able to assist
    in procuring documentation.

Note: minor processor variations (chip ids) can be dealt with in
BSPs. This doesn’t cover significant “Platform” ports between
different families of parts in the same architecture (e.g. modifying
an ARM 9 kernel to support ARM 11).

Rui

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Thank you very much.

Rui

“Steve Furr” <furr@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:ckjfj4$kg9$1@inn.qnx.com…

“Rui Tang” <> tangrui_nospam@gmail.com> > wrote in message
news:ck4ag4$3o3$> 2@inn.qnx.com> …
I am trying to evaluate the effort for porting QNX for a new hardware
platform with a new processor (ARM based). I’ve downloaded and installed
the
evaluation version of Momentics 6.3.0. P.E… However, when I tried to
download some sample BSPs from the website, I was told that I must
“register
a valid 6.3.x license for this BSP source product”. I input the serial
number and passwd for my evaluation Momentics, it doesn’t work.

Questions:

  1. Do I have to purchase an official version for BSP development?

  2. Is there any documentation regarding porting QNX to new hardware
    platform? It seems I cannot find one that covers this topic in the doc
    list.

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  3. Essentially, yes. If you find this difficult, contact a local QNX
    sales
    representative to see if there are any options available for evaluation
    purposes.

  4. Provided it refers to BSP development, yes. There is documentation
    on Building Embedded Systems, and additional information on
    writing BSPs. Again, a sales representative may be able to assist
    in procuring documentation.

Note: minor processor variations (chip ids) can be dealt with in
BSPs. This doesn’t cover significant “Platform” ports between
different families of parts in the same architecture (e.g. modifying
an ARM 9 kernel to support ARM 11).
Rui

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