Package Content; Package For Making Linux System Sd Storage Card; Source Code Package - Advantech RSB-4210 Evaluation Kit User Manual

The RSB-4210 platform is one embedded system with Linux kernel 2.6.35 as default.
Its major functions include all system-required shell commands and driver ready for
RSB-4210 platform. Advantech Linux package does not offer developing
environment. User can develop it under an Ubuntu environment.
There are three major boot components for Linux, "u-boot.bin", "uImage" and "File
System". The "u-boot.bin" is for initial peripheral hardware parameter. The
"uImage" is the Linux kernel image. And the "File System" is for Linux O.S. used.
The system will not boot into Linux environment successfully if one of these files is
not exist on booting media (SD storage card or onboard flash)
The purpose of this chapter is to get you going with developing software for the
RSB-4210 on a Linux development host only.
Note! All instructions in this guide are for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. At this time, it is the
only supported Linux host distribution for development.
Note! The "u-boot.bin" is placed on Nor-flash of RSB-4210 by default.
3.1

Package Content

There are two kinds of Linux package for RSB-4210. One is for making Linux
system SD storage card, and another one is source code package.
3.1.1

Package for Making Linux System SD Storage Card

RSB-4210 supports booting from SD storage card. And user can use this package to
make the Linux system SD storage card. And this package contains mkmmc-linux.sh,
uImage, rootfs.tar.bz2, "MK_INAND" folder.
Figure 3-1 Contents of package for making Linux system SD storage card
The description of RSB-4210_Linux_system_SD package contents:
- mkmmc-linux.sh
- uImage
- rootfs.tar.bz2
- "MK_INAND"
3.1.2

Source Code Package

The RSB-4210 source code package contains many software components which are
accessed by RSB-4210 products. Some are developed by Advantech and some are
developed in and by the open source community. This package contains four main
A script to make the Linux system SD card quickly.
Linux kernel image
Root file system
Linux system files for onboard flash booting used.
(Contains mkmmc-linux.sh, uImage, sfdisk.)
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