LinuxBIOS SDK

Contents

1.Overview

• 1.1 LinuxBIOS
• 1.2 LinuxBIOS SDK
  • 1.2.1 Introduction
  • 1.2.2 Kernel
  • 1.2.3 Library
  • 1.2.4 Supported Packages
  • 1.2.5 Supported Filesystem
• 1.3 LinuxBIOS Configuration
• 1.4 System Requirements

2.Installation

• 2.1 BIOS Selection Switch
• 2.2 Installing Development Kernel
• 2.3 Installing LinuxBIOS Package
• 2.4 Installing MTD Utilities Package
• 2.5 Installing LinuxBIOS SDK Package
• 2.6 Directory Structure

3.Building LinuxBIOS kernel

• 3.1 Preparations
  • 3.1.1 Getting Kernel
  • 3.1.2 Unpacking Kernel
  • 3.1.3 Patching Kernel
• 3.2 Configuring Kernel
• 3.3 Compiling Kernel

4.Building LinuxBIOS

• 4.1 Preparations
• 4.2 Building LinuxBIOS
• 4.3 LinuxBIOS Configuration Options

5.Building Root Filesystem

• 5.1 LinuxBIOS SDK Build Root Environment
• 5.2 Getting All Required Source Code
• 5.3 Buildroot File/Directory Structure
• 5.4 Building Default Root Filesystem
• 5.5 Selecting Packages
• 5.6 Default Root Filesystem Structure

6.Flashing LinuxBIOS

• 6.1 Switching to DiskOnChip Mode
• 6.2 Flashing IPL and Kernel
• 6.3 Creating NFTL area
• 6.4 Flashing Root Filesystem

7.Testing LinuxBIOS

• 7.1 Serial Console
  • 7.1.1 Requirements for Serial Console
  • 7.1.2 Setting up Serial Console

8.Using pre-configured images

• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Flashing LinuxBIOS and Kernel Images
• 8.3 Flashing Root Filesystem