Preinstallation
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System requirements:
- OS: Any fairly new Linux distribution should work - it's tested with
  Redhat and Debian.
  Other Unix like operating system will probably work as well to build,
  but for debugging, a Linux distribution is the best.
- You must be able to be root during some stages of the installation.
- Ethernet network interface.
- A decent C compiler.

Download gcc-cris (cris-dist-1.7.tar.gz) from
ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/ or
http://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/.
Unzip and extract the downloaded .tar.gz-file by typing "tar -zxvf <filename>".
Install gcc-cris. The README file in the FTP directory contains installation
instructions. Add cris path to the PATH environment variable.

Download all tgz-files in the directory
http://developer.axis.com/download/devboard/latest and put them in a new
directory (e.g. axis). Unzip and extract them in that directory by typing
"tar -zxvf <filename>" for every downloaded tgz-file.

If you already have downloaded an old release and want to upgrade it to the
latest release you can patch the entire source code tree instead of downloading
the new tgz-files
(see http://developer.axis.com/download/devboard/latest/diff-README.txt).


Installation
------------

Type the following:

cd products/tech/devboard
make tools
su root
cd ../../../tools/e100boot
make install
exit
cd ../../..
source init_env
cd products/tech/devboard
make elinux
mkprod


Postinstallation
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Whenever you are working with this distribution you must make sure you have
sourced the init_env file in the directory where you untarred the tgz-files.
If you use the Bourne Again Shell (bash) you can add the following to your
~/.bashrc file (it will work for many other shells too):

# Set INITENV to the absolute file name of your init_env file.
INITENV=$HOME/axis/init_env

if test -f $INITENV ; then
	source $INITENV
fi

Connect the debug port (COM2/ser2) on the developer board to a serial port on
your computer using an ordinary null modem cable with RX/TX and RTS/CTS.
Use a terminal program to listen to the serial port on your computer. The
easiest way is to run "sermon" (resides in the tools directory). You can
however use any terminal program set to 115200 baud, no parity, eight 
databits and one stopbit.

To update everything on the devboard except the bootblock (that contains the
serial number) keep the boot button pressed while resetting (i.e. press and
release the reset button _or_ remove and reinsert the power cord) the
developer board and type "boot_elinux -f" (also use -d if you are not using
network interface eth0, type "boot_elinux -h" for a list of possible
arguments). Output should now appear on the debug port.

More documentation is available at http://developer.axis.com/doc/.