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VIPER Embedded Linux Development Kit Quickstart Arcom Embedded Linux (AEL)

Linux kernel

The version of the Linux kernel used on the VIPER is a standard Linux 2.6 kernel tree

with patches to provide support for Arcom’s boards.

Source and configuration

The kernel sources are installed in the host environment as /opt/arcom/src/linux-source-

VERSION.tar.gz.

Once you have unpacked the kernel source you can configure the default VIPER kernel

with:

$ make ARCH=arm viper_defconfig

The kernel may now be built and installed as described in the AEL Technical Manual.

Default command line

The default kernel command line is:

root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=jffs2 ro console=ttyS0,115200