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VIPER / VIPER-Lite Embedded Linux Development Kit Quickstart About this manual

About this manual

This manual gets you started using the VIPER / VIPER-Lite with RedBoot and Arcom

Embedded Linux (AEL). It lists the items you should find in your kit, and tells you how to

unpack, connect and configure the board.

Arcom Embedded Linux for VIPER / VIPER-Lite is based on the standard v2.6 kernel

and includes the essential features for embedded communication and display solutions.

Arcom includes dedicated drivers for the on-board hardware and uses the embedded

Flash memory to store applications.

Related documents

This Quickstart Manual is supplied as part of the Development Kit. Other manuals that

you may need are provided in the \manuals section on the CD-ROM that accompanies

your Development Kit. These include the VIPER / VIPER-Lite Technical Manual, the

AEL Technical Manual and the HOWTO documents. Most of the HOWTO documents

relate to common Linux tasks. Others have been written specifically for features on the

VIPER / VIPER-Lite.

Detailed information about AEL is provided in the AEL Technical Manual. The AEL

Technical manual includes information about the following:

Configuration files and boot scripts. •

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Making an application run automatically at boot.

AEL contents and configuration.

Installation.

Example programs and utilities.

Secure Shell (SSH).

Compiling a kernel.

Please note that the AEL Technical Manual is a generic manual for Embedded Linux

supplied on Arcom boards. As such, the AEL manual uses conventions and examples

that may or may not be specific to your board. It is advised that the AEL manual be

used in conjunction with the instructions and information supplied in the Quickstart and

Technical manuals for your board.