VULCAN Quickstart
Arcom Embedded Linux
Linux kernel
The version of the Linux kernel used on the VULCAN is a standard Linux kernel tree
with support for Arcom’s boards.
Source and configuration
The kernel sources are installed in the host environment as
/opt/arcom/src/linux-source-
VERSION
.tar.gz.
Once you have unpacked the kernel source you can configure the default VULCAN
kernel with:
$
make ARCH=arm vulcan_defconfig
The kernel may now be built and installed as described in the AEL Technical Manual.
IXP400 access library
The IXP400 access library is a library provided by Intel (in the form of kernel modules)
for accessing the 3 NPEs of the IXP425. The source code is available as a standard
ael-kernel-build module source package (ixp400-access-library-source-1.4), which will
be installed on the host system as part of the host installation procedure. Refer to the
AEL Technical Manual for details about building modules from source packages.
Default command line
The default kernel command line is:
console=ttyS0,115200 rootfstype=jffs2 root=/dev/mtdblock1 ro
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