AD FMCDAQ2 Platform Build Linux & the Devicetree

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1. Build with provided Virtual Machine
2. Build with user Linux Host

Build with provided Virtual Machine

1. Source the environment

    $ source ~/gcc-linaro/gcc-linaro-5.5.0-2017.10-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabi/env.sh  
   

2. Clone the git repo

    $ git clone https://github.com/ArrowElectronics/linux.git 
   

3. Change into the new repo

    $ cd linux  
   

4. Check out the Altera iwg24d branch

    $ git checkout altera_iwg24d  
   

5. Set the defconfig

    $ make socfpga_adi_defconfig  
   

6. Build the kernel

    $ make zImage  
   

7. Build the device tree blob

• do the following to update the files in the working tree for the Legacy 1.1 or 2.0 carrier ...

  $ make socfpga_arria10_iwg24d_daq2.dtb 
  

• or do the following to update the files in the working tree for the Custom 2.0 carrier ...

  $ make socfpga_arria10_iwg24d_daq2_cc.dtb 
  

Build with user Linux Host

a - Setting up the tool chain

1. Download the Linaro toolchain

2. Create a directory where the toolchain will be extracted

    $ mkdir ~/gcc-linaro  
   

3. Change into the new directory

    $ cd ~/gcc-linaro  
   

4. Extract the toolchain

    $ tar xzf ~/Downloads/gcc-linaro-5.5.0-2017.10-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabi.tar.xz  
   

5. Create a simple script in your favorite text editor to setup the build in environment.
   Call it env.sh in ~/gcc-linaro/gcc-linaro-5.5.0-2017.10-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabi

b - Building the Kernel and Device Tree

1. Source the environment

    $ source ~/gcc-linaro/gcc-linaro-5.5.0-2017.10-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabi/env.sh  
   

2. Clone the git repo

    $ git clone https://github.com/ArrowElectronics/linux.git 
   

3. Change into the new repo

    $ cd linux  
   

4. Check out the Altera iwg24d branch

    $ git checkout altera_iwg24d   
   

5. Set the defconfig

    $ make socfpga_adi_defconfig  
   

6. Build the kernel

    $ make zImage  
   

7. Build the device tree blob

• do the following to update the files in the working tree for the Legacy 1.1 or 2.0 carrier ...

  $ make socfpga_arria10_iwg24d_daq2.dtb 
  

• or do the following to update the files in the working tree for the Custom 2.0 carrier ...

  $ make socfpga_arria10_iwg24d_daq2_cc.dtb 
  

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