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VMWare and parallella

PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:04 am
by parimey
Hello,
Can we use virtual machine VMWare on Parallella board? I want to run a software (not software actually it itself is an OS, Contiki OS for IoT). So to run this OS I would require VMWare. Although if there is any way of running this OS on prallella please tell me and also about virtual machine on parallella. Thank you!

Re: VMWare and parallella

PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:02 am
by pgater
Hi Parimay,

I am a fan of Contiki as it is a very well supported system, the stack is a few hundred bytes and non essential operating system symbols can be stored in ROM, which in this case would be the 32k of DRAM for each chip. Unfortunately I have not had the time (due to various reasons) to get a version running on the Parallela board and I also delayed when the command set was changed :( .

For VMware Instant Contiki may be the solution, it runs OK on my Windows 10 PC. All you do is download and install.

It can be found here http://www.contiki-os.org/start.html

I am still learning C amongst other things, but I have had a look around the Contiki system and my conclusion was that the Rime system was not suitable without a large amount of work and the ipstack would be too large .

Could I draw your attention to a recent blog entry here on OpenSHMEM for Epiphany. This may provide a good way to communicate between each cpu with a small operating system, but I have not had time to investigate. It can be found here https://www.parallella.org/blog/

Note that Adam Dunkels, creator of the Contiki system advises you to develop the system off the target board, ie on a PC, which is why I suggest Instant Contiki.

If you really want to compile on the actual Parallella board then I suggest you follow the links to the Github site and download the zip file.

I have also got a number of downloaded papers and U-Tube links to presentations if you are interested, as Contiki documentation is a bit sparse.

Sorry if I am rambling on! :D Hope this helps :D

Regards,

Paul

Re: VMWare and parallella

PostPosted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:51 am
by sebraa
No, you can not run VMware on the Parallella board.

Re: VMWare and parallella

PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:05 am
by pgater
Hi Sebraa/Parimay,

Yes, quite correct, VMware does not run on the parallella board. But as I said you can download the contiki zip file from Github, and I should have made clear without VMware, and compile on the parallella board if you really want to. Thought I would just reply to clear up any confusion. :D

Regards,

Paul