Linux kernel for ARC AXS103 development board, v1.0-rc4

This is ARC Linux distribution for the 4th release candidate of AXS103 v1.0 software bundle.

Important notes:

• Current release is built with Buildroot from tag arc-axs103-1.0-rc4 and snps_axs103_defconfig
• Main components of that release
  • Linux kernel based on 3.18 LTS branch. Tag arc-axs103-1.0-rc4 in Linux repository.
  • U-Boot bootloader based on v2015.04 branch. Tag arc-axs103-1.0-rc4 in U-Boot repository.
  • ARC GNU Tools of version arc-2015.06-rc1. Tag arc-2015.06-rc1 in Toolchain repository.
• Compared to earlier releases this one additionally includes:
  • iperf network benchmark
  • WebKit-based Qt Demo web-browser

Please refer to following articles for more information on how to build and run Linux kernel on AXS board:
[1] Getting Started with Linux on ARC AXS103 Software Development Platform (SDP)
[2] How to build filesystem and kernel images for ARC cores with Buildroot
[3] How to build kernel image for ARC cores manually
[4] How to debug Linux kernel with MetaWare Debugger
[5] How to debug applications on AXS10x SDP with OpenOCD
[6] How to debug applications on AXS10x SDP with Ashling GDB Server

Attached are following files:

• uImage - binary image that contain both Linux kernel and init ramfs for use with U-Boot bootloader.
• vmlinux - binary image that contain both Linux kernel and init ramfs for use with debugger on host computer via JTAG. Simple example how to execute Linux kernel with help of MDB available here for more options see [4], [5] and [6].
• u-boot - binary image that contain U-Boot bootloader for use with debugger on host computer via JTAG
• u-boot.bin - binary image that contain U-Boot bootloader for programming in motherboard's SPI flash (load address must be set as 0x81000000)

arc-axs103-20150403: release for ARC AXS103

This release introduces support of Synopsys DesignWare ARC AXS103 development board.

The AXS103 Platform consists of a AXC003 CPU Card (typically with ARC HS38 core) mounted on an ARC Software Development Platform Mainboard with DesignWare peripherals:

• SD/MMC controller
• Gigabit network controller
• Serial ports (8250-compatible)
• USB 2.0
• SPI
• I2C

It also houses HDMI output for external monitor connection.

Both single-core ARC HS38 axs103_defconfig and multi-core (up-to 4 cores) ARC HS38 axs103_smp_defconfig are supported.

Please refer to following articles for more information on how to build and run Linux kernel on AXS board:
[1] Getting Started with Linux on ARC AXS103 Software Development Platform (SDP)
[2] How to build filesystem and kernel images for ARC cores with Buildroot
[3] How to build kernel image for ARC cores manually
[4] How to debug Linux kernel with MetaWare Debugger
[5] How to debug applications on AXS10x SDP with OpenOCD
[6] How to debug applications on AXS10x SDP with Ashling GDB Server

Attached are following files:

• uImage - binary image that contain both Linux kernel and init ramfs for use with U-Boot bootloader.
• vmlinux - binary image that contain both Linux kernel and init ramfs for use with debugger on host computer via JTAG. Simple example how to execute Linux kernel with help of MDB available here for more options see [4], [5] and [6].
• u-boot - binary image that contain U-Boot bootloader for use with debugger on host computer via JTAG
• u-boot.bin - binary image that contain U-Boot bootloader for programming in motherboard's SPI flash (load address must be set as 0x81000000)

arc-axs101-20141021-3.15: maintenance release for SDP

Snapshot of arc-3.15 branch for SDP maintenance release

arc-axs101-20141021-3.13: arc-3.13 based maintenance release for SDP

Snapshot of arc-3.13 branch for SDP maintenance release

arc-xplorer-20130905: ARC: [xplorer] Add defconfig for ARC Xplorer System with 770D tile

Signed-off-by: Mischa Jonker <mjonker@synopsys.com>