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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Accelerated Graphics in TS7390
From: "Noel Diviney" <>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:19:17 -0000
Hi Adriano,

Thank you very much. My colleague normally handles the Linux stuff but
he is away sick and I have to get up to speed in a hurry.


Your instructions will be a big help.



Cheers Noel.
--- In  "Adriano Naspolini" <>
wrote:
>
> download:
> [1]
ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/ts-arm-sbc/ts-7350-linux/binaries/ts-images/51\
2mbsd-latest.dd.bz2
>
> download also:
> [2]
ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/ts-arm-sbc/ts-7350-linux/distributions/debian-\
lenny-eabi-armel-512mb-apr092009.tar.gz
> (actually I used mar092009 version, but this one shoud be better)
>
> on Ubuntu, with [1] make, with dd, a new SD (supose sd is /dev/sbd).
Then:
> $ sudo mount /dev/sdb4 /mnt
> $ cd /mnt
> $ sudo rm -dfr ./*
> $ sudo tar -zxf
/path/to/debian-lenny-eabi-armel-512mb-apr092009.tar.gz
> $ sudo rm fastboot
> $ cd
> $ umount /mnt
> $ sudo mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt
> $ cd /mnt
> $ ln -s linuxrc-sdroot linuxrc
>
> plug sd and turn on the board, you should be able to connect via
telnet.
>
> I didn't look into this armel version [2], maybe it's already
configured to TS7390. If don't, you'll need to change some things like
/etc/modules (copy from etch) and the 7390 modules also from etch
(/lib/modules/...).
>
>
> Hope it helps
>
> Adriano
>
> --- In  "Noel Diviney" divner@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Adriano,
> >
> >
> > I am slowly getting up to speed on embedded linux.
> >
> > I have a ts7390 TPC and I have set up a development environment on
> > Ubuntu 8.10. On this I have installed both Etch and Lenny Root file
> > systems and have them shared by adding the appropriate entries to
> > /etc/exports. I have also downloaded the Armv4t cross compiler from
> > Martin's page. However, I am having difficulty being able to chroot
into
> > my development root file systems from the ts7390 SD linux.
> >
> > With respect to what you have done I would like some further info
> >  see below
> > --- In  "Adriano Naspolini" <anaspolini@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Donal,
> > > After installing armel/lenny on my tpc-7390 and making QT with
eabi
> > crosstool i noticed my application became much faster.
> > >
> > > Maybe you can try on etch whit eabi "-static" (if you didn't). For
me
> > the program's got too large.
> > >
> > > However, I recommend to change because lots of libraries can't
handle
> > oabi endianess (i think tiff on qt, for example).
> > >
> > > So, if you (or someone else) want to try:
> > >
> > > - make a new sd with ts-ftp sd-image;
> >
> >
> >
> > Can you expand on the steps required to do this
> >
> >
> >
> > > - install armel-lenny also from ftp;
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Is this installed on the dev server?
> >
> >
> >
> > > - change /etc/modules to install the modules you want to use;
> >
> >
> >
> > Understood
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > - dowload armv4t-crosstool-linux-gnueabi from Martin's page;
> >
> >
> >
> > Done
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > - compile QT and your application with this crosstool...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I want to try wxWidgets.
> >
> > Please also if you can describe the steps involved in doing a chroot
to
> > the dev server.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Regards
> >
> > >
> > > Adriano
> >
> >  
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Noel Diviney.
> >
>




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