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VIPER / VIPER-Lite Embedded Linux Development Kit Quickstart Contents
Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................4
Handling your board safely ....................................................................................................4
About this manual ..............................................................................................................................5
Related documents ................................................................................................................5
Conventions ...........................................................................................................................6
Getting started ...................................................................................................................................7
What’s in the kit?....................................................................................................................7
What else do I need?.............................................................................................................8
What peripherals are supported?...........................................................................................9
Unpacking and connecting up..........................................................................................................10
Power supply ...................................................................................................................................13
RedBoot ...........................................................................................................................................14
What is RedBoot? ................................................................................................................14
Arcom Embedded Linux (AEL) ........................................................................................................16
What’s in AEL?.....................................................................................................................16
Booting the system ..............................................................................................................16
Logging in ............................................................................................................................17
Setting up networking ..........................................................................................................18
The file system.....................................................................................................................19
Linux kernel..........................................................................................................................20
Hardware configuration........................................................................................................21
Software configuration .....................................................................................................................28
Examples for VIPER / VIPER-Lite ...................................................................................................29
Target support software ...................................................................................................................30
Appendix - Contacting Arcom ..........................................................................................................31
Index ................................................................................................................................................32
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