HighWire HW400c/2 User Reference Guide Rev 1.0
4.4.3 Reading BCM5388 Register...................................................................................... 65
4.4.4 Writing a BCM5388 Register.................................................................................... 65
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Linux on the HW400c/2 and Host system ................................................................................. 67
5.1 Host Hardware and Software Requirements ....................................................................... 67
5.2 Network and System Configuration.................................................................................... 68
5.3 Installing Linux on your host system .................................................................................. 68
5.4 Configuring the Host System .............................................................................................. 69
5.4.1 Modifying the Host Path ........................................................................................... 69
5.4.2 Configuring the Host NFS Server ............................................................................. 69
5.4.3 Configuring Host tftp services................................................................................... 70
5.4.4 Configuring tftp with inetd ........................................................................................ 71
5.4.5 Configuring tftp with xinetd ...................................................................................... 73
5.4.6 Configuring a bootp Server ....................................................................................... 74
5.5 Booting the HW400c/2 ....................................................................................................... 75
5.5.1 U-boot, Universal Bootloader.................................................................................... 76
5.5.1.1 U-boot commands .................................................................................................. 76
5.5.1.2 U-boot environment variables ................................................................................ 77
5.5.1.3 Power up call trace ................................................................................................. 79
5.5.2 Booting with tftp........................................................................................................ 80
5.5.2.1 U-boot parameters for tftp with bootp .................................................................... 80
5.5.2.2 U-boot parameters for tftp with static IP address ................................................... 81
5.5.2.3 Boot console ........................................................................................................... 81
5.5.3 Booting with Disk on Chip........................................................................................ 84
5.5.3.1 Loading the Disk on Chip....................................................................................... 84
5.5.3.2 Creating a uRamdisk Image ................................................................................... 85
5.5.3.3 Booting from DoC .................................................................................................. 85
5.6 Compiling the Kernel (uImage) .......................................................................................... 86
5.6.1 Gentoo Application Packages Management.............................................................. 87
5.6.1.1 Emerge.................................................................................................................... 87
5.6.1.2 Enable remote login with ssh ............................................................................... 88
5.6.1.3 Starting network services; xinetd ....................................................................... 88
5.6.1.4 Starting ftp services; vsftpd ............................................................................. 88
5.7 Linux Device Drivers.......................................................................................................... 89
Appendix A
IPMI GetDeviceID........................................................................................ 90
Appendix B
U-Boot Environment variables...................................................................... 91
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