Aero-Flex GAISLER GR-LEON4-ITX - Manual (Page 7)

7 GR-LEON4-ITX Development Board
Quick Start Guide
2 UNPACKING AND SETTING UP THE BOARD
2.1 Unpacking and initial setup
The board is delivered with a power supply, JTAG adapter, USB and Ethernet cables.
After unpacking the board, two routes can be taken. Either the preprogrammed Linux system
can be booted, or you can connect to the board using the GRMON debug monitor. If you
wish to start the bundled Linux system, please proceed to section 2.2 , to work with the
board through the GRMON debug monitor skip to section 2.3 .
2.2 Running the bundled Linux system
Overview
The GR-LEON4-ITX board's SPI boot PROM has been programmed with boot loader that
loads an image of the Linux kernel into main memory and then boots the kernel. The Linux
kernel then mounts its root file system, containing initialization scripts and software, from a
USB Flash stick. The Linux console is available both over the DVI video interface and over
the serial terminal.
Pre-requisites
The Linux kernel mounts the root filesystem from the USB stick included in the delivery.
Therefore the USB stick must be attached to the board. As previously stated, the Linux
console is available both over the video interface and over the serial terminal. As the board
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Figure 2-1: GR-LEON4-ITX Development Board