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VIPER 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 ...................................................................................................................................12
RedBoot ...........................................................................................................................................13
What is RedBoot? ................................................................................................................13
Arcom Embedded Linux (AEL) ........................................................................................................15
What’s in AEL?.....................................................................................................................15
Booting the system ..............................................................................................................16
Logging in ............................................................................................................................17
Setting up networking ..........................................................................................................18
The file system.....................................................................................................................19
Linux kernel..........................................................................................................................20
Hardware configuration........................................................................................................21
Software configuration .....................................................................................................................29
CYCLOPS software configuration........................................................................................29
VIPER-LITE software configuration .....................................................................................29
Support software..............................................................................................................................30
Target support software .......................................................................................................30
Intel Integrated Performance Primitives (IPPs)....................................................................30
Real-time Linux on the VIPER .........................................................................................................31
Obtaining RTLinuxPro..........................................................................................................31
Performance ........................................................................................................................32
Evaluating RTLinuxPro ........................................................................................................32
Appendix - Contacting Arcom ..........................................................................................................34
Index ................................................................................................................................................35