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    SDK Technical Manual Version 1.0[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual Table of Contents 1 Overview ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1.1 Dependencies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1.2 SDK Envir o nm ent ------------------------------------[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual 1 Overview The Software Development Kit or SD K is provided to give the end users an environment where they can develop their own applications and images. This document is intended as a complete, step-by-step guide to create the SDK environment on the 2GB CF and does not contain instruction on how to create an ap[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual 1.2 SDK Environment This SDK is build with the following environments. • MontaVista Linux 3.0 • Linux Kernel 2.4.18 • gcc (GCC) 3.2.1 20020930 (MontaVista) • glibc 2.2.5 • GNU gdb 5.2.1 2[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual 2 Environment This chapter explains kernels, programs, settings and so on. The contents of this chapt er have been applied to SDK. 2.1 Patches to kernel Before kernel compilation, patches are first applied to the kernel. The following sections lists the patches applied to the kernel. Note: All patches have alread[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual 2.1.3 BootSplash Patch To display a boot logo and progress bar during boot-up, this patch should be applied to the kernel. Appl ying this patch enables the user to display the desired effect during boot up. Bootsplash Patch Patch Application: cd /usr/src/linux patch -p1 < [source]/bootsplash-3.0.7- 2.4.18-vani[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual #include <linux/kd.h> #include <linux/pm.h> #include <asm/io.h> #ifndef CONFIG_PSKEYBOARD #define kbd_controller_present() 0 #endif #define KEYBOARD_IRQ 1 #define DISABLE_KBD_DURING_INTERRUPTS 0 . . . /* How to access the keyboard macros on this platform. */ +#ifdef CONFIG_PSKEYBOARD #define kbd[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual # # Mice # cd /usr/src/linux/Documentations (edit the Configure.help file as shown below) it as a module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module will be called i2c-proc.o. PS/2 keyboard support CONFIG_PSKEYBOARD PS/2 keyboard support is optional and can be omitted on some systems, [...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual CAN-2003-0961 cd /usr/src/linux patch -p1 < [source]/CAN-2003- 0961.patch Where: [source] – location of the exploded patch 2.2 Kernel Configuration and Installation 2.2.1 Kernel Configuration After applying the required patches to the kernel, it is time to set the kernel configurations. Please make sure that[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual MSDOS Required file system support for mass storage devices SCSI support Required suppor t for mass storage devices NFS support Required support to enable the system to be accessed through NFS mount Big Physical Area support Used by t he camera driver to reserve large memory area at boot time To apply the followi[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual And finally, run make modules_install to copy all build modules to /lib/modules/2.4.18_mvl30-pc_target/ directory. Please copy this directory to the ta rget system directory. 2.3 Environment System Configurations The SDK is installed some software and applied some settings. 2.3.1 Kernel Files The target file syst[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual ----------------------------------------------------------- # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with # a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored. usbcore[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual ----------------------------------------------------------- . . . echo -n "Configuring network interfaces: " /sbin/dhcpcd -t 30 > /dev/null 2>&1 /sbin/ifup -a echo "done." . . . ----------------------------------------------------------- 2.3.5 FTP Service To enable file transfer from[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual The user has to enter the passw ord for the root user twice. The system is also required to have at least a single non-root user. The adduser command has been used to add another user. This is friendlier front end than the useradd command, choosing Debian policy conformant UID and GID values, creat ing a home dir[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual 2.4.2 Camera Driver The camera driver ( smartcam.o ) can now be added to the system. The camera driver module is installed in /lib/modules/2.4.18_mvl30- pc_target/kernel/driver/smartcam directory. Before using the camera driver, make sure to in voke the following commands first: 1. mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0 - crea[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual Just like the camera driver, running modprobe skxflash inserts the module to the kernel. Adding skxflash entry on the /etc/modules file will also enable this module to be loaded at system boot up. The source code of the flash driv er is also installed in /usr/smartcam/src/skxflash directory. Just make to build sk[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual Edit the /etc/ld.so.conf file and make sure the following lines exist and run ‘ ldconfig ’ command afterwards: • /lib • /usr/local/lib • /usr/X11R6/lib • /usr/src/linux/lib Make sure that the /dev/mouse node exists. If the said node does not exist, invoke mknod /dev/mouse c 13 63 Running ‘ startx’[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual Make sure that all the locale requirements are present in /usr/share/i18n/locales directory and the charmap requirements are in /usr/share/i18n/charmaps directory. The created locale environment s are created stored in /usr/lib/locale directory. Sometimes, this directory still needs to be created. One way to veri[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual ----------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh # xinitrc - X11 start-up script # - customized for the Sony Smart Camera Project # 10/11/04 update /usr/X11R6/bin/xsetroot -solid smartcolor & /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -bg black -fg white -cr yellow -geometry 120x45+0+0 -ls -display $DISPLAY &a[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual - runs configuration scrip ts with generation of shared libraries enabled 2. make clean - automatically runs configure with the default (no) options and then removes all the binary objects. 3. make - compiles the FLTK library 4. make install - copies the required files to where they should be located (to /usr/loc[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual - changes directory to source directory of PHP (/usr/src) 4. ./configure -–with-apache=/usr/src/apache_1.3.31 - runs configuration script of PHP with Apache support 5. make - builds PHP source codes 6. make install - installs required files to their proper locations 7. cd /usr/src/apache_1.3.31 - changes direct[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual - SNMP server has been installed using 2c version 2. make - builds the package 3. make install - install the files In /var/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf ----------------------------------------------------------- ########################################################### # First, map the community name (COMMUNITY) into a [...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual # context model level match read write notif access smartcamROGroup "" any noauth exact all none none access smartcamRWGroup "" any noauth exact all all none ########################################################### # System contact information #----------------------------------------------[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual 2.6.4 GKermit G-Kermit is a Unix program for transferring files with the Kermit protocol. G-Kermit is a product of the Kermit Project at Columbia University in New York City. G-Kermi t is fast, small, portable, easy to use, interoperable, low-maintenance, st able, and reliable. It features text and binary file tr[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual This directory contains the header files of the driv ers and libraries created for this project. These file are grouped according to its purpose as described below: • gpio This folder contains the header files of the APIs provided for the controlling the GPIO ports. Files provided include gpiolib.h header file.[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual o config.o 2.8.4 /usr/smartcam/gui Directory This directory contains the sym bolic-linked files used for the smartcam.gui application. It contains the keyboard folder which contains all the images for the software keyboard used on the GUI application. It also co ntains the standard folder which in turn contains t[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual • smartcamlib Samples for using common libraries. 2.8.7 /sbin/ Directory Some system specific files are added to /sbin directory. The SDK users can try them on SDK environment. /sbin File Listing Filename Description CamConfig Sets and queries the camera registers ledC The client application for GPIO LED contro[...]

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    XCI-SX1 SDK / SDK Techn ical Manual the third party application on the l auncher option and if a third party application is present on the /var/etc/plugins directory, the third party application will be launched. Another configuration customized for this environment is the syslog file. The option for the klogd setting has been changed to level 2 by[...]