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diff --git a/HOWTO_rtsm.txt b/HOWTO_rtsm.txt index 9ac868a..e70cb87 100644 --- a/HOWTO_rtsm.txt +++ b/HOWTO_rtsm.txt @@ -1,35 +1,42 @@ h1. Real-Time System Model (RTSM) -h2. Pre-requists +h2. Prerequisites * Install the RTSM model(s) you wish to run. You must have a valid license and the environment set up to run models -* Install linaro-image-tools +* Install "linaro-image-tools":https://wiki.linaro.org/Linaro-Image-Tools h3. Install Linaro Image Tools -Linaro Image tools contain scripts that allow you to combine a "Hardware Pack":https://wiki.linaro.org/HardwarePacks and the rootFS of your choice to generate an image that you can then boot from. +Linaro Image tools contain scripts that allow you to combine a multiple components into a single Android image. The components are: + +* boot.tar.bz2 - contains the kernel and boot loaders +* system.tar.bz2 - contains the entire system files and general OS +* userdata.tar.bz2 - contains sample data and tests There are multiple ways you can get the latest Linaro Image Tools: ** Method 1: Install them from the Linaro Image Tools "PPA":https://launchpad.net/~linaro-maintainers/+archive/tools bc. - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linaro-maintainers/tools@ - sudo apt-get update@ - sudo apt-get install linaro-image-tools@ + sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linaro-maintainers/tools + sudo apt-get update + sudo apt-get install linaro-image-tools ** Method 2: Building from source. -bc. - wget http://releases.linaro.org/12.10/components/platform/linaro-image-tools/linaro-image-tools-2012.10.1.tar.gz +bc. wget http://releases.linaro.org/12.10/components/platform/linaro-image-tools/linaro-image-tools-2012.10.1.tar.gz h2. Create a 2GB image file -RTSM will only deal with file systems up to 2GB in size, however the pre-built image for Android requires a 4GB filesystem. Therefore we will build our own image using the pre-built artifacts, as obtained in the Binary tab. +RTSM will only deal with file systems up to 2GB in size, however the pre-built image for Android requires a 4GB filesystem. Therefore we will build our own image using the pre-built artifacts (displayed above) + +The following command downloads all the Android OS components necessary to make up a complete Android image. bc. wget http://releases.linaro.org/12.09/android/images/vexpress-jb-gcc47-armlt-tracking-open/boot.tar.bz2 http://releases.linaro.org/12.09/android/images/vexpress-jb-gcc47-armlt-tracking-open/system.tar.bz2 http://releases.linaro.org/12.09/android/images/vexpress-jb-gcc47-armlt-tracking-open/userdata.tar.bz2 +Using the @linaro-android-media-create@, which is part of the @linaro-image-tools@, you can combine all the components into a single image. + bc. sudo linaro-android-media-create \ --dev vexpress \ @@ -86,8 +93,3 @@ bc. -C coretile.dualclustersystemconfigurationblock.CFG_ACTIVECLUSTER=0x3 \ -C coretile.cluster0.cpu0.semihosting-enable=1 \ -C coretile.cluster0.cpu0.semihosting-cmd_line="--kernel $RTSM_KERNEL --dtb $RTSM_DTB --initrd $RTSM_INITRD -- $RTSM_CMDLINE" - - - - - |