-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 03:48:44PM +0530, Queenie de Melo wrote: > Iam very new to the linux field. > > Can you please help me with my project. I need to interface an LCD Epson > S1D13506 to the ARM AT91RM9200. > > Since iam new to this field i would like to know how i can proceed. > > I have downloaded the kernel 2.6 from the kernel.org site. > > Do i have to customise the kernel to support AT91RM9200, I checked the arch > folder but iam not sure where i can find it. Is AT91RM9200 supported in > kernel 2.6?? See arch/arm/mach-at91/ . Be sure to have the latest 2.6 kernel. > Can you let me know what exactly Ramdisk will do? How will it help me load > my U-boot into the Flash (8MB) on my board. It won't. You first have to upload U-boot, through jtag or whatever other option you have with your board. > I understand that I will have to load my kernel 2.6 later with the help of > the TFTP protocol. How can i do that? U-boot has support for that. > Another thing I wanted to know is, how should my compile options be for ARM? > current Iam using gcc -wall objectfilename filename. You don't have to know that, the kernel build system (kbuild) will take care about that. > How can i interface my LCD driver to my kernel. What r the steps i need to > follow? http://www.google.com/search?q=epson+S1D13506+downloads , first link. If you're new to embedded linux, I think you also want to read "Building Embedded Linux Systems", see http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/belinuxsys/ . Erik - -- They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, but he'll eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in alt.sysadmin.recovery -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGCktc/PlVHJtIto0RAhXBAKCPAOwvLN4MC60JUu1lrA9D0GNEYgCfTkmC NJmp0kPN1CmPDXlwV/4kTsA= =oqQq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
