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developersguide:minixonarm [2016/02/19 18:01]
gtkelly [Building Minix/ARM] Minix x86 needs mtools to cross build for ARM
developersguide:minixonarm [2021/07/10 15:13]
dcvmoole [Want to contribute?] Freenode -> Libera.Chat
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-pkgadd ​install mtools+pkgin install mtools
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 ====== Running Minix/ARM ====== ====== Running Minix/ARM ======
  
-Once the sd-card is inserted on the BeagleBoard-xM press the reset button and watch the serial for messages. Alternatively you can start the same image in the emulator (Read about that in   ​[[.:​minixonlinaroqemuarm]]). for information on network booting, see the [[developersguide:​netbootingarm|Netbooting ARM]] article.+Once the sd-card is inserted on the BeagleBoard-xM ​(or BeagleBone) ​press the reset button and watch the serial for messages. Alternatively you can start the same image in the emulator (Read about that in   ​[[.:​minixonlinaroqemuarm]]). for information on network booting, see the [[developersguide:​netbootingarm|Netbooting ARM]] article.
  
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 ====== Want to contribute? ====== ====== Want to contribute? ======
  
-Great, that's what I wanted to hear! Help with documentation,​ making the above procedure more clean, hardware support, debugging, running the test set and finding and debugging problems! Come and chat on ''#​minix''​ on ''​freenode''​ if you aren't already there.+Great, that's what I wanted to hear! Help with documentation,​ making the above procedure more clean, hardware support, debugging, running the test set and finding and debugging problems! Come and chat on ''#​minix''​ on ''​Libera.Chat'' ​IRC if you aren't already there.
  
 See ARM-specific (or not ARM-specific!) points on the [[:​Wishlist:​]] page for the current list of todo'​s. See ARM-specific (or not ARM-specific!) points on the [[:​Wishlist:​]] page for the current list of todo'​s.
  
 +====== ARM Manuals ======
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 +The ARM Cortex-A8 processor is used in the Minix-supported BeagleBoard and BeagleBone devices. Many ARM documents require registration and some are behind a paywall, but the following is freely available from the ARM site as of October 2016:
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 +  * [[http://​infocenter.arm.com/​help/​topic/​com.arm.doc.ddi0344k/​DDI0344K_cortex_a8_r3p2_trm.pdf|Cortex-A8 Revision: r3p2 Technical Reference Manual]]
developersguide/minixonarm.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/10 15:29 by stux