VVDN_T4MFCS_Scaleout_User_Manual Rev. A0-03
1
Introduction
This document will describe in detail the procedures for SDK compilation, booting a Linux kernel and
mounting a root file system on the Dual T4240MFCS.
The Communication Server product will be built
with Dual T4240 which is a communication processor from Freescale. The T4240 QorIQ multicore
processor combines 12 dual-threaded e6500 Power Architecture® processor cores for a total of 24 threads
with high-performance datapath acceleration logic and network and peripheral bus interfaces required for
networking, telecom/datacom, data center, wireless infrastructure, and mil/aerospace applications.
A Dual T4240 based Communication server with Scale-out option, offering a powerful unified
communication solution with up to 80G of external network connectivity, SRIO inter-chip and external
connectivity. External SRIO interface helps to (scale-out) expand system with similar system through
Internal SRIO switch
.
2
Overview
The following files will be released with t4240mfcs.
1.
U-boot, linux kernel and root files for T4240mfcs included in the below mentioned binaries:
QorIQ-SDK-V1.6-SOURCE-20140619-yocto.iso –
ISO to build the SDK.
u-boot-with-spl-pbl.bin
- U-boot Binary file that could be used to upgrade the U-boot with SD card.
u-boot.bin
–
U-boot binary file that could be used to upgrade the U-boot for NOR Flash.
fsl_fman_ucode_t4240_r2.0_106_4_10.bin
–
fman ucode binary to configure the fman interface.
fsl-image-core-t4240mfcs-20150304072707.rootfs.tar.gz
- root file system for t4240 mfcs.
uImage
-
Linux kernel for t4240mfcs.
t4240mfcs.dtb
–
linux device tree blob (binaries) for t4240mfcs.
Prerequisites
2.1
2.1.1
Host requirement
To properly boot a board host machine must meet the following requirements:
1.
Make sure that SDK1.6 is compiled as per the changes required in MFCS
project
.
2.
Modern (latest) GNU/Linux Distribution.
a.
Ubuntu (Most recent release or LTS)