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HelenOS arm32 HOWTO for HelenOS newcomers
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o HelenOS
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A lot of information about HelenOS may be found at http://www.helenos.eu. HelenOS
user manual is a good starting point. We'll cover only HelenOS arm32 specifics
in this document.
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o ARM emulator (GXemul)
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Currenly we support GXemul emulator (testarm machine). Since we had to improve
this emulator a little bit (by adding an interrupt controller) you must download
it from http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~stepp3am/mygxemul-0.4.4.1.tar.gz
We are in contact with GXemul author to include our patch into the main release.
Download and install GXemul:
wget http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~stepp3am/mygxemul-0.4.4.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf mygxemul-0.4.4.1.tar.gz
cd gxemul-0.4.4.1
./configure && make
# since make install is not supported, copy 'gxemul' somewhere to your PATH
# or anywhere you want
make clean
Cygwin note: you will need cygwin1.dll library
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o Sources
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All the source files may be get using Subversion and the following command.
svn co svn://svn.helenos.eu/HelenOS/branches/arm
HelenOS arm32 port should be inserted into the trunk soon.
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o Tools (GCC and binutils)
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When you get the sources, go to 'contrib/toolchain' directory and run
'toolchain.arm32.sh' to download, compile and install ARM GCC cross-compiler
and binutils.
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o Building HelenOS
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Run 'make' in HelenOS root directory. Select 'ARM 32-bit' and 'Cross-compiler'
then. Other options are up to you.
Cygwin note: run 'tools/cygwin_symlink_path.sh' before 'make'
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o Running HelenOS
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If you compiled with framebuffer support run
gxemul -X -E testarm image.boot
otherwise run
gxemul -E testarm image.boot