Getting Started

This web page is designed to help people get a Linux system up and running on ST40 hardware as quickly as possible. It is only one way to do it (there are many others!), and it assumes that you are using target hardware which is already supported. However even if this does not describe where you want to be eventually, it is probably a good exercise to gain familiarity, and get you started.

If you are looking for more general information, a good starting point would be the External Links page.

• Linux Installation on the Host
• Installing the target software
  • Step-by-Step install
• Building the ST40 Linux kernel
• Using the Linux Trace Toolkit
• Setting up an NFS server
• Booting with a ramdisk root file system
• Guide to supported hardware
• Terminal Emulators
• Booting the Kernel
  • Booting the kernel using st40load
  • Booting the kernel using gdb
  • Using a compressed kernel
  • Using DHCP
• Hello world
• Cross compilation with Autoconf/Libtool
• Cross compiling GTK+ v2
• Porting Linux to a new board
• Boot from ROM
  • Memory Technology Device (MTD)
  • File Systems (Background briefing)
  • File System Selection
  • Flash Translation Layer (FTL)
  • Dynamic FLASH partitioning
  • Boot From ROM Worked Example
• Linux Keyboard drivers
  • How keyboards work
  • PS2Adapt details
• Linux Support Packages (LSP)
• Point to Point Protocol (PPP)
• USB quickstart guide
• Running Quake
• Using gdb
• Building SRPMs
• Testing the GNU cross-tools with dejagnu
• Hints and Tips
• Further documentation
• PCMCIA on ST40 boards
• Using 802.11b Wireless LAN on ST40 boards
• Using KGDB for kernel debugging
• I2C
• Configuring a hard disk
• LIRC (Linux Infra-Red Remote Control
• ST RPC support
• Using rsh
• STi5528 and STm8000 Dual Boot support

You can also retrieve all the documents as one big page suitable for printing or off-line browsing.