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Getting Started with uClinux for STR710

1

Install the tools

This section explains how to install the software tools that are required to build the uClinux image on

a host PC running Linux. To correctly install the tools you must

Install the arm-elf toolchain, Install

the uClinux distribution and Patch the uClinux distribution for STR710.

1.1

Install the arm-elf toolchain

To install the arm-elf toolchain,

1

Login as “root.”

2

From the directory that contains the arm-elf toolchain, run:

The rest of the installation is automatic. When this installation is complete, continue by

installing the uClinux distribution.

1.2

Install the uClinux distribution

To install the uClinux distribution on your PC:

1

Login as the user that you are going to use for development.

2

Copy the file uClinux-dist-20040408.tar.gz to the user's home directory, or wherever you want

to work from.

3

Go to the directory that you downloaded the file to, and run:

The uClinux file structure will be extracted to the chosen directory. A sub-directory is created

called uClinux-dist, which contains the whole distribution.

When this is complete, continue by patching the uClinux distribution for use with STR710.

1.3

Patch the uClinux distribution for STR710

1

Copy the uClinux-dist-20040408-str710-patch.tar.gz file from the uClinux package for STR7

to the uClinux-dist directory and then run:

The uClinux-dist-20040408-str710-patch file is output in the chosen directory. This file is the

STR710 porting patch file for uClinux-dist-20040408 distribution, implementing the Linux

kernel 2.4.24-uc0.

2

Now, run:

The ST directory and its sub-directory STR710 are added to the "vendors" directory in the

uClinux-dist directory. Once this has been done, you are ready to

Build the uClinux kernel.

sh arm-elf-tools-20030314.sh

tar xzvf uClinux-dist-20040408.tar.gz

tar xzvf uClinux-dist-20040408-str710-patch.tar.gz

cd uClinux-dist

patch -p1 < uClinux-dist-20040408-str710-patch