Aero-Flex GAISLER GR-LEON4-ITX User Manual
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GR-LEON4-ITX Development Board
Quick Start Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................6
1.1
Overview......................................................................................................................6
1.2
References...................................................................................................................6
1.3
Abbreviations...............................................................................................................6
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UNPACKING AND SETTING UP THE BOARD...........................................................7
2.1
Unpacking and initial setup..........................................................................................7
2.2
Running the bundled Linux system..............................................................................7
Overview......................................................................................................................7
Pre-requisites...............................................................................................................7
Booting Linux...............................................................................................................8
2.3
Connecting with the GRMON debug monitor...............................................................8
Overview......................................................................................................................8
Pre-requisites...............................................................................................................8
Connecting with the included JTAG adapter................................................................9
Connecting with a Xilinx USB JTAG adapter................................................................9
Connecting via the USB interface................................................................................9
Connecting via serial UART.........................................................................................9
Connecting via Ethernet...............................................................................................9
Using GRMON...........................................................................................................10
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LINUX SYSTEM USER GUIDE.................................................................................11
3.1
Overview....................................................................................................................11
3.2
Debian Operating System..........................................................................................11
3.3
Logging in to the system............................................................................................11
3.4
Shutting down the System..........................................................................................12
3.5
Graphical Interface (X Window System)....................................................................12
3.6
Network Interface.......................................................................................................12
3.7
System Time Keeping................................................................................................13
3.8
Changing the Keyboard Layout..................................................................................13
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GRMON AND THE GR-LEON4-ITX BOARD.............................................................14
4.1
First steps..................................................................................................................14
4.2
Running an application...............................................................................................15
4.3
Initializing the DVI transmitter.....................................................................................16
4.4
Drawing images.........................................................................................................17
4.5
Interacting with the SPI boot PROM...........................................................................17
4.6
Interacting with I2C devices.......................................................................................19
4.7
Other interfaces and operations.................................................................................19
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ADVANCED TOPICS..................................................................................................20
5.1
Building the Linux kernel............................................................................................20
Overview....................................................................................................................20
Downloading an image with GRMON.........................................................................21
5.2
Creating a boot PROM...............................................................................................27
Overview....................................................................................................................27
MKPROM2.................................................................................................................27
U-boot........................................................................................................................ 28
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TROUBLESHOOTING AND FREQUENCY ASKED QUESTIONS..........................31
© Aeroflex Gaisler AB
June 2010, Rev. 0.2