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Requirements
Requirements
CHAPTER 2
System Requirements/Prerequisites
System requirements
Your development system should be a reasonably fast x86-based host PC with an Ethernet
interface, a serial port, and a parallel port.
Different Linux distributions such as SuSE, Debian, or RedHat can be used for the
development. This documentation is based on the Debian Linux distribution; however,
other distributions with minor changes in the settings can also be used. Please refer to the
manuals of your Linux distribution if settings are not working as described in this
document.
The following software is required on your development system:
 GNU C library glibc 2.3
 GNU C compiler gcc >= 2.95.3 (3.3 or higher recommended)
 GNU make version >= 3.80
 awk
 perl >= 5.6.0
 autoconf >= 2.59
 Terminal client software (such as Minicom or Seyon)
 TFTP daemon
 NFS daemon
 rsync