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Installing file system using openSUSE 11.0 host

2009-10-05T12:23:57Z

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Follow the instruction from [http://www.gumstix.net/Setup-and-Programming/view/Getting-started/Replacing-the-file-system-image/111.html here].

Instruction for connecting via serial is [http://www.gumstix.net/Setup-and-Programming/view/Getting-started/Setting-up-a-serial-connection/111.html here]

== Some recommendations ==

=== Terminal programs ===
It's recommended to use kermit itself. Minicom is acceptable, but, it also uses kermit for loading files. So, kermit is better. Don't make experiments.

=== Variables ===
Some u-boot needs to specify the variables in such form $(filesize) and some as ${filesize}. For being sure what form your u-boot needs write the following command after loading the file.
echo $(filesize)
echo ${filesize}

The correct variant will print the size of file in hexadecimal.

=== Addresses ===
Be attentive when writing the addresses. Check it twice, triple. You can damage another data when loading into incorrect memory block.

=== Protecting the memory block ===
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Please read the u-boot manual for understanding '''protect''' command of u-boot. Don't play with it, you can make your device unbootable.

Category:SUSE

2009-10-05T11:43:33Z

Adil:

== Setting up a build environment ==

*[[Build Environment openSUSE 11.0 | Build Environment on openSUSE 11.0]]

== Loading the file system image ==
*[[Installing file system using openSUSE 11.0 host]]
*[[Installing Qt Embedded using openSUSE 11.0 host]]

== Programming ==
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Category:SUSE

2009-10-05T11:43:06Z

Adil:

== Setting up a build environment ==

*[[Build Environment openSUSE 11.0 | Build Environment on openSUSE 11.0]]

== Loading the file system image ==
*[[Installing file system on openSUSE 11.0 host]]
*[[Installing Qt Embedded on openSUSE 11.0 host]]

== Programming ==
*

Category:SUSE

2009-10-05T10:21:45Z

Adil:

== Setting up a build environment ==

*[[Build Environment openSUSE 11.0 | Build Environment on openSUSE 11.0]]

Category:SUSE

2009-10-05T10:20:45Z

Adil:

== Setting up a build environment ==

*[[Build Environment on openSUSE 11.0]]

Category:SUSE

2009-10-05T10:17:52Z

Adil:

== Build environment ==

*[[Build Environment openSUSE 11.0]]

Build Environment openSUSE 11.0

2009-10-05T10:17:00Z

Adil:

Be sure that the followings are installed on your system:

* gcc
* patch
* help2man
* diffstat
* texinfo
* ncurses-devel
* cvs
* gawk
* sqlite3
* sqlite3-devel

openSUSE 11.0 and above comes with Python 2.6+ installed. So you'll need to remove it and install an older version of Python.

$ mkdir python
$ cd python
$ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.4/Python-2.5.4.tgz
$ tar xzfv Python-2.5.4.tgz
$ cd Python-2.5.4
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install

Install pysqlite:
$ wget http://oss.itsystementwicklung.de/download/pysqlite/2.4/2.4.1/pysqlite-2.4.1.tar.gz
$ tar xzfv pysqlite-2.4.1.tar.gz
$ cd pysqlite-2.4.1
$ python setup.py build
$ python setup.py install

Now you're ready for building gumstix-oe pack. Checkuot the sources from svn:

$ mkdir ~/gumstix
$ cd ~/gumstix
$ svn co http://gumstix.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gumstix/trunk gumstix-oe

Gumstix OE requires some environment setup in order to function properly. There are a couple of ways to handle this requirement.

$ cat gumstix-oe/extras/profile >> ~/.bashrc

First we create a new group called oe and add your login account to the oe group. In the second command be sure to substitute your login user name where your_username is indicated.

$ sudo groupadd oe
$ sudo usermod -G oe your_username

Next we create the directory for the source code cache, set the group owner to the newly created oe group, and finally set permissions on the directory:

$ sudo mkdir /usr/share/sources
$ sudo chgrp oe /usr/share/sources
$ sudo chmod 0775 /usr/share/sources
$ sudo chmod ug+s /usr/share/sources

Now relogin for letting the profile take effect.

Suse users may experience some fails on building the image. So you'll need do some custom modifications:
$ cd ~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/com.gumstix.collection/packages/
$ wget http://www.klc.net.nz/images/dbus.tar.gz
$ wget http://www.klc.net.nz/images/gmp.tar.gz
$ tar xzfv dbus.tar.gz
$ tar xzfv gmp.tar.gz

Now edit the file '''~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/org.openembedded.snapshot/conf/bitbake.conf'''. Find the line like this:
STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BUILD_SYS}/etc"
STAGING_INCDIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/include"
STAGING_DATADIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/share"
STAGING_LOADER_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/loader"
STAGING_FIRMWARE_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/firmware"
STAGING_PYDIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/lib/python2.4"

Add the following line after '''''STAGING_DATADIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/share"'''''
STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BUILD_SYS}/share"

Edit the file '''~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/com.gumstix.collection/conf/machine/include/gumstix.inc'''. Find the following fragment:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_bluez-utils-dbus = "bluez-utils"
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_gsmd="libgsmd"

PREFERRED_VERSION_gumstix-kernel = "2.6.21"
PREFERRED_VERSION_udev = "118"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gnuplot = "4.0.0"

Add these after '''''PREFERRED_PROVIDER_gsmd="libgsmd"'''''
PREFERRED_VERSION_gmp = "4.2.2"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gmp-native = "4.2.2"

PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus = "1.2.1"
PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus-native = "1.2.1"

Add '''''#include <limits.h>''''' to the following files:
~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/tmp/staging/gumstix-custom-verdex-angstrom-linux-uclibcgnueabi/kernel/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/tmp/work/armv5te-angstrom-linux-uclibcgnueabi/linux-libc-headers-2.6.20-r7/linux-2.6.20/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/tmp/work/gumstix-custom-verdex-angstrom-linux-uclibcgnueabi/gumstix-kernel-2.6.21-r1/linux-2.6.21/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/tmp/work/armv5te-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/linux-libc-headers-2.6.20-r7/linux-2.6.20/scripts/mod/sumversion.c
''Note: These might be unnecessary. I have read it one of the messages on mailing list. Probably will work without doing it. Test it, if it works without adding limits.h then write here note.''

Build the OE gumstix image:
$ bitbake gumstix-basic-image

The following files will be available in ~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/tmp/deploy/uclibc/images/gumstix-custom-verdex:
$ ls
Angstrom-gumstix-basic-image-uclibc-ipk-2007.9-test-20091005-gumstix-custom-verdex.rootfs.jffs2
Angstrom-gumstix-basic-image-uclibc-ipk-2007.9-test-20091005-gumstix-custom-verdex.rootfs.tar.gz
gumstix-basic-image-gumstix-custom-verdex.jffs2
gumstix-basic-image-gumstix-custom-verdex.tar.gz
modules-2.6.21-r1-gumstix-custom-verdex.tgz
uImage-2.6.21-r1-gumstix-custom-verdex.bin

Note: ''Actually there will be two files. Two of them (gumstix-basic-image-gumstix-custom-verdex.jffs2,gumstix-basic-image-gumstix-custom-verdex.tar.gz) are symlinks.''

Build Environment openSUSE 11.0

2009-10-03T11:12:45Z

Adil:

Build Environment openSUSE 11.0

2009-10-03T10:03:58Z

Adil:

User:Adil

2009-10-02T11:50:56Z

Adil: Created page with 'Adil'

Adil

Build Environment openSUSE 11.0

2009-10-02T11:49:43Z

Adil:

Be sure that the followings are installed on your system:

* gcc
* patch
* help2man
* diffstat
* texinfo
* ncurses-devel
* cvs
* gawk
* sqlite3
* sqlite3-devel

openSUSE 11.0 and above comes with Python 2.6+ installed. So you'll need to remove it and install an older version of Python.

$ mkdir python
$ cd python
$ wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.4/Python-2.5.4.tgz
$ tar xzfv Python-2.5.4.tgz
$ cd Python-2.5.4
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install

Install pysqlite:
$ wget http://oss.itsystementwicklung.de/download/pysqlite/2.4/2.4.1/pysqlite-2.4.1.tar.gz
$ tar xzfv pysqlite-2.4.1.tar.gz
$ cd pysqlite-2.4.1
$ python setup.py build
$ python setup.py install

Now you're ready for building gumstix-oe pack. Checkuot the sources from svn:

$ mkdir ~/gumstix
$ cd ~/gumstix
$ svn co http://gumstix.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gumstix/trunk gumstix-oe

Gumstix OE requires some environment setup in order to function properly. There are a couple of ways to handle this requirement.

$ cat gumstix-oe/extras/profile >> ~/.bashrc

First we create a new group called oe and add your login account to the oe group. In the second command be sure to substitute your login user name where your_username is indicated.

$ sudo groupadd oe
$ sudo usermod -G oe your_username

Next we create the directory for the source code cache, set the group owner to the newly created oe group, and finally set permissions on the directory:

$ sudo mkdir /usr/share/sources
$ sudo chgrp oe /usr/share/sources
$ sudo chmod 0775 /usr/share/sources
$ sudo chmod ug+s /usr/share/sources

Now relogin for letting the profile take effect.

Suse users may experience some fails on building the image. So you'll need do some custom modifications:
$ cd ~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/com.gumstix.collection/packages/
$ wget http://www.klc.net.nz/images/dbus.tar.gz
$ wget http://www.klc.net.nz/images/gmp.tar.gz
$ tar xzfv dbus.tar.gz
$ tar xzfv gmp.tar.gz

Now edit the file '''~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/org.openembedded.snapshot/conf/bitbake.conf'''. Find the line like this:
STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BUILD_SYS}/etc"
STAGING_INCDIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/include"
STAGING_DATADIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/share"
STAGING_LOADER_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/loader"
STAGING_FIRMWARE_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/firmware"
STAGING_PYDIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/lib/python2.4"

Add the following line after '''''STAGING_DATADIR = "${STAGING_DIR}/${HOST_SYS}/share"'''''
STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE = "${STAGING_DIR}/${BUILD_SYS}/share"

Edit the file '''~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/com.gumstix.collection/conf/machine/include/gumstix.inc'''. Find the following fragment:
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_bluez-utils-dbus = "bluez-utils"
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_gsmd="libgsmd"

PREFERRED_VERSION_gumstix-kernel = "2.6.21"
PREFERRED_VERSION_udev = "118"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gnuplot = "4.0.0"

Add these after '''''PREFERRED_PROVIDER_gsmd="libgsmd"'''''
PREFERRED_VERSION_gmp = "4.2.2"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gmp-native = "4.2.2"

PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus = "1.2.1"
PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus-native = "1.2.1"

Edit '''~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/com.gumstix.collection/packages/linux/gumstix-kernel_2.6.21.bb''' . Find the following fragment:
file://pxafb-18bpp-mode.patch;patch=1 \
file://smc911x-fixup.patch;patch=1 \
file://smc91x-fail-if-no-chip.patch;patch=1 \

file://one-wire.patch;patch=1 \
${@base_contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'rgb16','file://pxafb-backto16.patch;patch=1', '',d)} \

Add this line after '''''file://smc91x-fail-if-no-chip.patch;patch=1 \'''''
file://sumversion.patch;patch=1 \

Build the OE gumstix image:
$ bitbake gumstix-basic-image

Build Environment openSUSE 11.0

2009-10-02T11:40:34Z

Adil: Created page with 'Be sure that the followings are installed on your system: * gcc * patch * help2man * diffstat * texinfo * ncurses-devel * cvs * gawk * sqlite3 * sqlite3-devel openSUSE 11.0 an…'

Category:SUSE

2009-10-02T11:29:02Z

Adil: Created page with '*Build Environment openSUSE 11.0'

*[[Build Environment openSUSE 11.0]]