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Revision as of 23:46, 3 December 2008
This page will help you to use the upcoming Armadeus software release 3.
Contents
Introduction
Armeadeus 3 adds many new features, including the following:
- Some architectural changes to support more many hardware targets
- New versions of U-Boot 1.3.4, Linux kernel 2.6.27, GCC 4.2.1, Busybox 1.12.1 and also a recent version of Buildroot
- New naming convention of files
- New Flash partion mapping on the target
- TBC
How-to obtain the Armeadeus 3
For the time being, The third generation of Armadeus is only available on the Subversion repository: https://armadeus.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/armadeus/trunk
You can checkout the new version of armadeus or update your working version of armadeus. We suggest to checkout a new version of Armadeus because of the new naming convention of files.
- Checkout the new version:
$ svn co https://armadeus.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/armadeus/trunk armadeus3
this commmand will download the latest version of Armadeus.
Remarks: Do not use spaces in the directory name !
- Update your working version of armadeus:
$ svn update
- How-to obtain the legacy Armadeus 2: I am not ready to upgrade my target
$ svn co https://armadeus.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/armadeus/trunk@914 armadeus2
How-to configure and build Armadeus
- After changing to the directory Armadeus you have to configure Armadeus software for the APF9328 target. Yes the new board apf27 is coming soon. ;-)
$ cd armadeus/ $ make apf9328_defconfig
This configuration option is the first difference with the previous releases of Armadeus. This configuration has to be done only once and launch the regular Buildroot configuration menu:
- Configure Armadeus
In Target options ---> Armadeus Device Support menu, you can check and change the quantity of RAM available on your Armadeus board (apf9328). (Default values 16MB are just fine with all APF9328 boards).
In Target filesystem options --> for each type of filesystems to build you have the option to copy the binary file to secondary location like your tftp server folder (for exemple /tftpboot).
In Target filesystem options --> You will find U-Boot options at the end of this menu including the option to copy U-Boot to a secondary like /tftpboot
- Exit the configuration tool and save your configuration
- Launch build and take a cup of coffee for the next hour
$ make
The toolchain is built automatically. During this procedure, several files are downloaded from Internet. Please wait for a while.... it takes at least one hour for the first run!
- Enjoy the result
