| Brutus is an evaluation platform for the SA1100 manufactured by Intel. |
| For more details, see: |
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| http://developer.intel.com |
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| To compile for Brutus, you must issue the following commands: |
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| make brutus_config |
| make config |
| [accept all the defaults] |
| make zImage |
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| The resulting kernel will end up in linux/arch/arm/boot/zImage. This file |
| must be loaded at 0xc0008000 in Brutus's memory and execution started at |
| 0xc0008000 as well with the value of registers r0 = 0 and r1 = 16 upon |
| entry. |
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| But prior to execute the kernel, a ramdisk image must also be loaded in |
| memory. Use memory address 0xd8000000 for this. Note that the file |
| containing the (compressed) ramdisk image must not exceed 4 MB. |
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| Typically, you'll need angelboot to load the kernel. |
| The following angelboot.opt file should be used: |
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| ----- begin angelboot.opt ----- |
| base 0xc0008000 |
| entry 0xc0008000 |
| r0 0x00000000 |
| r1 0x00000010 |
| device /dev/ttyS0 |
| options "9600 8N1" |
| baud 115200 |
| otherfile ramdisk_img.gz |
| otherbase 0xd8000000 |
| ----- end angelboot.opt ----- |
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| Then load the kernel and ramdisk with: |
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| angelboot -f angelboot.opt zImage |
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| The first Brutus serial port (assumed to be linked to /dev/ttyS0 on your |
| host PC) is used by angel to load the kernel and ramdisk image. The serial |
| console is provided through the second Brutus serial port. To access it, |
| you may use minicom configured with /dev/ttyS1, 9600 baud, 8N1, no flow |
| control. |
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| Currently supported: |
| - RS232 serial ports |
| - audio output |
| - LCD screen |
| - keyboard |
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| The actual Brutus support may not be complete without extra patches. |
| If such patches exist, they should be found from |
| ftp.netwinder.org/users/n/nico. |
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| A full PCMCIA support is still missing, although it's possible to hack |
| some drivers in order to drive already inserted cards at boot time with |
| little modifications. |
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| Any contribution is welcome. |
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| Please send patches to nico@fluxnic.net |
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| Have Fun ! |
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