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Linux Software Development Tools

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The following list contains the Linux software development tools:
• Linux compiler

• Device tree generator

• Yocto plugin

Linux Compiler

on page 12-1

SD Card Boot Utility

on page 11-1

The SoC EDS SD card boot utility is a tool for updating the boot software on an SD card.

Device Tree Generator

on page 12-4

Yocto Plugin

on page 12-5

Linux Compiler

The Linaro

Linux compiler, version 4.8.3, is shipped with the SoC EDS. For more information about the

Linux compiler and for downloading the latest version of the tools, refer to the download page at the

Linaro website (www.linaro.org).
The compiler is a GCC based arm-linux-gnueabihf port. It targets the ARM processor, it assumes the

target platform is running Linux, and it uses the GNU embedded-application binary interface (EABI)

hard-float (HF) conventions.
The Linux compiler is installed as part of the ARM DS-5 AE, which is installed as part of the SoC EDS.

The compilation tools are located at

/ds-5/bin

.

The Linux compiler comes with full documentation, located at

/ds-5/

documents/gcc

. The documents are provided as HTML files. Some of the provided documents are:

• Compiler manual

• Assembler manual

• Linker manual

• Binutils manual

• GDB manual

• Getting Started Guide

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