uClinux 2.6.21 on LPC22XX / LPC2468

uClinux 2.6.21 on LPC22XX / LPC2468

Download and Install the snapgear tool chain (gcc 3.4.4)

In the Embedded Artists wmware image, download the following tool chain:

• http://ftp.snapgear.org/pub/snapgear/tools/arm-linux/arm-linux-tools-20061213.tar.gz

In terminal do the following:

• $su
• Password: root
• $cd /
• $tar zxvf <downloadpath>/arm-linux-tools-20061213.tar.gz
• $exit

Download the sources

• Download the uClinux snapshot:
• http://www.uclinux.us/dls/uClinux-dist-20070130.tar.gzdist-20070130.tar.gz

• Download the 2.6.20.x kernel:
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.21.tar.bz2

• Download the uClinux patch for 2.6.21:
  • http://www.uclinux.org/pub/uClinux/uClinux-2.6.x/linux-2.6.21-uc0-big.patch.gz

• Download the LPC2468 patch for 2.6.21-uc0:
  • linux-2.6.21-uc0-lpc2468.diff in
  • http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lpc2400_uClinux/files/linux-2.6.21-uc0/

• Download the BSP for LPC2468:
  • uClinux-dist-20070130-nxp-lpc2468.tgz in
  • http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lpc2400_uClinux/files/linux-2.6.21-uc0/

Setup the sources

• 1) Untar the uClinux snapshop and remove the kernels

tar -zxvf <downloadpath>/uClinux-dist-20070130.tar.gz rm -r uClinux-dist/linux-2.0.x rm -r uClinux-dist/linux-2.4.x rm -r uClinux-dist/linux-2.6.x

• 2) Make a new linux-2.6.x kernel from scratch

tar -jxvf <downloadpath>/linux2.6.21.tar.bz2 gzip -dc <downloadpath>/linux-2.6.21-uc0-big.patch.gz | patch -p0 cat <downloadpath>/linux-2.6.21-uc0-lpc2468.diff|patch -p0 mv linux-2.6.21 uClinux-dist/linux-2.6.x

• 3) Install the BSP for LPC2468

tar -zxvf <downloadpath>/uClinux-bsp-lpc2468.tar.gz

Compile the kernel using the default setup

NOTE: For Embedded Artists LPC2468 OEM Board users: - The image is located uClinux-dist/linux2.6.x/arch/arm/boot/Image - The romfs is located uClinux-dist/images/romfs.img

- image has to be loaded @a0008000 - romfs has to be loaded @a1800000