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Linux Sof tw are Develop er s Kit ( SDK) Quick St ar t Guide Part Number 900 -5 49 Revision C Ju ne 20 10 EDS1 100/2 1 00[...]
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Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SD K) Quic k Start G uid e 2 Copyright and T rademark © 2010 Lantr onix. All ri ghts r eserved. N o part of the c ontents of this book ma y be transm itted or reproduce d in an y form or by an y means without t he written perm ission of Lantr onix. MatchPort and XP ort are re gistered trad emark s of Lantr onix. [...]
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Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SD K) Quic k Start G uid e 3 Contents Cop y rig ht and T radem ark ....................................................................................................................... 2 Contacts .....................................................................................................................[...]
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Contents Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SDK) Quick Star t Gui de 4 List of Figur es Figure 3- 1. C onnectin g an Evaluati on Bo ard via S erial Port ......................................................................... 7 Figure 3- 2. C onnectin g an Evaluati on Boar d via Et hernet ...........................................................[...]
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Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SD K) Quic k Start G uid e 5 1 1 . . I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n This Q uick Start Guide ex plains t he bas ics: ho w to con nect an d set up your t arget on the n etwork ; how to install the SDK; a nd ho w to bui ld the f irm ware im ages. For m or e detailed inf orm ation, ref er to the Us er[...]
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Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SD K) Quic k Start G uid e 6 2 2 . . W W h h a a t t ’ ’ s s i i n n t t h h e e B B o o x x Item s included de pend on which m odel you hav e. MatchP ort The box c ontains t he foll owing items : Ethernet c able 10 f t MatchPort AR Evalu ati on B oard MatchPort AR Modu le (m ay hav e o[...]
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Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SD K) Quic k Start G uid e 7 3 3 . . T T a a r r g g e e t t S S e e t t u u p p Connecti ng the Lantr onix E valuation Boa rd This s ection des cribes ho w to c onnect the Mat chPort AR eva luation b oard or X Port Pro dem o board t o your host c om puter and ne twor k. Connecting an Evaluation Boa r d – P ow e[...]
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3 Target Se tup Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SDK) Quick Star t Gui de 8 Connecting an Evaluation Boa r d – Ethernet Connect the PC to t he ev aluation or dem o board with a cross - over cab le, or a hub/s witch and t wo regular RJ 45 ca bles . Figure 3-2 . Conn ecting an E valuation B oard via Eth ernet Connecting the EDS1100/2100 1. Select[...]
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3 Target Se tup Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SDK) Quick Star t Gui de 9 Config uring an IP A ddress By defaul t, the tar get de vic e (Matc h Por t AR , XPort Pro , or EDS1100 / 2 100) will attem pt to ob tain a n IP address v ia the DHCP protoc ol. T ype the foll owing co mm and at the L inux she ll pr ompt to determ ine the IP address : $ i[...]
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Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SD K) Quic k Start G uid e 10 4 4 . . S S D D K K I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n O O v v e e r r v v i i e e w w Host re quire ments Please m ake s ure that at leas t 2.5 GB of disk space is avail able bef ore inst allation . Some oper ations m a y require r oot privil eges. C onsult t he User G u[...]
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4 SDK Ins tallation Over view Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SDK) Quick Star t Gui de 11 python sudo libac l1 - dev tftpd or tf tpd - hpa libtas n1 -3- dev zlib1 g - dev r s ync Optional but rec omm ended pack ages ssh nfs - k ernel - server libncurs es5 - dev (f or the nc urses - based c onfigur [...]
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4 SDK Ins tallation Over view Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SDK) Quick Star t Gui de 12 Installation Procedure T o install the SDK softwar e on your host machine : 1. Mount th e SDK C D image on your host s ystem . The Us er Guide provides addit ional inform ation abo ut image m ounting pr ocedure s. 2. Select an d creat e an inst all ation di[...]
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Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SD K) Quic k Start G uid e 13 5 5 . . B B u u i i l l d d i i n n g g I I m m a a g g e e s s w w i i t t h h t t h h e e S S D D K K To bui ld an im age with the SDK : 1. From the de velo pment host, switc h into the inst allation director y. $ cd <install directory> 2. Source t he enviro nm ent file . $ . [...]
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5 Building Im ages with t he SDK Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SDK) Quick Star t Gui de 14 Figure 5-2 . Config uration Pr ompts NOTE The build pr ocess may tak e sev eral min utes to c omplet e. 6. Once the build pr ocess is com plete, v erif y that the im ages listed below ar e under <instal l director y>/linux/im ages / . $ ls linux/im[...]
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Linux Sof tware D evelop ers Kit ( SD K) Quic k Start G uid e 15 6 6 . . S S D D K K F F o o r r u u m m I I n n f f o o r r m m a a t t i i o o n n The Lantron ix L inux SD K forum W eb site ( http://forum s.lan tronix.com ) is the pr imar y resource to obtain updated r evisio ns of the SDK. T he SDK and rel ated d ocum entation ar e also avail ab[...]