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SYS/BIOS Version 6.x on the MityDSP-Pro
Added by Thomas Catalino over 12 years ago
(posted on behalf of a customer)
Can I use the new "SYS/BIOS" (version 6.x??) with the c6455? I would like to start with the latest stuff to slow my obsolescence. If I can use it, do I use the same template file I used for SYS/BIOS? I tried going that route, but I didn't see the same kind of "import" support as with DSP/BIOS pulling in your tci file. Any wisdom on this?
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RE: SYS/BIOS Version 6.x on the MityDSP-Pro - Added by Michael Williamson over 12 years ago
We have not ported the MDK libraries from DSP/BIOS 5 to SYS/BIOS 6 primarily because the C level code is largely common between the MityDSP-6711 and the MityDSP-6455 (the Pro) and TI's SYS/BIOS 6 does not support the TMS320C6711 family of devices.
The TI guide to Migrating an Application from DSP/BIOS 5 Application to SYS/BIOS 6 suggests that you should be able to take a DSP/BIOS 5 App and convert it to SYS/BIOS 6 following the procedures outlined in the document. The procedures are a bit complex, (no wizard), though the .tcf file conversion portion didn't look too bad.
I did a cursory look and it appears that any of the DSP/BIOS 5 API calls made by our libraries should be compatible with SYS/BIOS 6 (they left legacy support for the majority of the DSP/BIOS 5 API, best as I can tell), so if you are using our MDK libraries that may "just work". If you run into trouble we can look at recompiling the libraries you need for SYS/BIOS 6, but that may take a bit of time.
Sorry.
-Mike
