Getting Started
Developer’s Kit User Manual
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Note:
Not all peripherals listed will be included with an Intel
®
Atom™ Processor N270 and
Mobile Intel
®
945GSE Express Chipset board if it is not obtained as a development kit.
2.4
Software Key Features
The driver CD included in the kit contains all of the software drivers necessary for
basic system functionality under the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows
XP*, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded*, WinCE 6.0*, and Linux.
Note:
While every care was taken to ensure the latest versions of drivers were provided on
the enclosed CD at time of publication, newer revisions may be available. Updated
drivers for Intel components can be found at:
http://developer.intel.com/design/intarch/software/index.htm
For all third-party components, please contact the appropriate vendor for updated
drivers.
Note:
Software in the kit is provided free by the vendor and is only licensed for evaluation
purposes. Refer to the documentation in your evaluation kit for further details on any
terms and conditions that may be applicable to the granted licenses. Customers using
the tools that work with Microsoft* products must license those products. Any targets
created by those tools should also have appropriate licenses. Software included in the
kit is subject to change.
Refer to
http://developer.intel.com/design/intarch/devkits
for details on additional
software from other third-party vendors.
2.4.1
EFI firmware
This development kit ships with a pre-boot EFI firmware pre-installed. This industry-
standard EFI firmware runs most standard operating systems, including Microsoft
Windows XP*, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded*, Linux, and others.
The following features of the EFI firmware are enabled in the development board:
•
DDR2 SDRAM detection, configuration, and initialization
•
Mobile Intel
®
945GSE Express Chipset configuration
•
PCI/PCI Express* device enumeration and configuration
•
Integrated video configuration and initialization
•
Super I/O configuration
•
CPU microcode update
