run without hardware

[suarezvictor]

As asked in twitter to post ideas, this is mine: to be able to run it without the actual hardware For example: -Add dummy peripherals to run it on similar hardware that lacks the ADC (i.e. the Acorn CLE 215 or some Digilent Arty board) -Add a simulation target to test the system without any hardware

[enjoy-digital]

@suarezvictor: The project is closely linked to the LiteX M2 SDR board, running it without hardware will of course be very limited. Their could be different approaches depending what you want to achieve:

Run it on the Acorn CLE 215 (PCIe):

• Adapt the target to the Acorn CLE 215 target and use a Record instead of the RFIC pads. If you add a pattern generator in the AD9361PHY and with a bypasses in the software to disable to AD9661 initialization and configuration, you should be able to run the different software.

Run it purely in Software:

• Adapt the Kernel code to disable the MMAP/DMA accesses or emulate the real hardware.

In the future, we'll also add support over 1Gbps or 2.5Gbps Ethernet. When the driver will support it, it could also be easier to run things without hardware with a software emulating the hardware over Ethernet/UDP.