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QNX® Neutrino® Adaptive Partitioning Technology Development Kit 1.0.0 Installation Note

QNX® Neutrino® RTOS

Date of this edition: November 23, 2007

Target OS: QNX® Neutrino® 6.3.0 SP1, SP2, or SP3, with the QNX Neutrino Core OS 6.3.2 or 6.3.2A

Host OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or SP2, 2000 SP4, or NT SP6a; Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9, or 10; QNX® Neutrino® 6.3.0 SP1, SP2, or SP3, with the QNX Neutrino Core OS 6.3.2 or 6.3.2A; Linux Red Hat 8, 9, or Enterprise WS 3 or 4

Caution: If you installed a beta version of this software, uninstall it before installing the production version.

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For information about what's in this TDK, see the release notes. For the latest version, go to our website, www.qnx.com, log into your myQNX account, and then go to the Download Center.

Installing this TDK

Before you install this TDK, you must have already installed one of:

  • QNX Momentics 6.3.0 SP1
  • QNX Momentics 6.3.0 SP2
  • QNX Momentics 6.3.0 SP2 with the 6.3.0 SP2 to SP3 Upgrade
  • QNX Momentics 6.3.0 SP3

and the QNX Neutrino Core OS 6.3.2 or 6.3.2A on a supported host.

Caution: Each Board Support Package, Driver Development Kit, Technology Development Kit, and Source Kit contains a standalone directory hierarchy. If you're installing more than one of these products, don't combine the directories, or you might overwrite some of the files.

On a Windows host

Note: If you've installed QNX Momentics versions 6.2.1 and 6.3.0 so that they coexist on your Windows host, please note:
  • You can't install a 6.3.0 TDK or BSP when the active version is QNX Momentics 6.2.1; set your configuration to 6.3.0.
  • If you switch from 6.2.1 to 6.3.0, you may have to log out of your user session and log back in before installing 6.3.0 BSPs and TDKs.
  1. Log in as a user with system-administrator privileges.
  2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
  3. Download the TDK package, tdk-ap-1.0.0-nnnnnnnnnnn-win32.exe, where nnnnnnnnnnn is an 11-digit build number. The package is in the form of an executable (.exe) file.
  4. Double-click the file in Windows Explorer or run it at the command line.
  5. Follow the instructions provided by InstallShield.
    Note: Windows XP SP2 may display a security warning the first time you install a TDK. You can verify the TDK's checksums when you download the file from our website.

On a Solaris or Linux host

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
  3. Download the TDK package, tdk-ap-1.0.0-nnnnnnnnnnn-host.bin, where host is either solaris or linux, and nnnnnnnnnnn is an 11-digit build number. The package is in the form of a .bin script.
  4. Run chmod to make the script executable. For example: 
    chmod a+x tdk-ap-1.0.0-20061234567-linux.bin
  5. Run the script at the system prompt. For example: 
    $./tdk-ap-1.0.0-20061234567-linux.bin
    Note:
    • The graphical installer doesn't work on some versions of Linux, such as Linux Red Hat EL Workstation 5. Run the installer in console mode instead: 
      $./tdk-ap-1.0.0-20061234567-linux.bin -console
    • If the installer prints many dots but never actually starts, it's looking for a suitable version of Java. You can speed this up by setting the JAVA_HOME variable. For example in the bash shell: 
      export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java

      or: 

      export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2rel1.4.2_09
  6. Follow the instructions provided by InstallShield.

On a QNX Neutrino host

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Log into your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download Center.
  3. Download the TDK package, tdk-ap-1.0.0-nnnnnnnnnnn-nto.sh, where nnnnnnnnnnn is an 11-digit build number. The package is in the form of a shell script.
  4. Run chmod to make the script executable. For example: 
    chmod a+x tdk-ap-1.0.0-20061234567-nto.sh
  5. Run the script at the system prompt. For example: 
    $./tdk-ap-1.0.0-20061234567-nto.sh
  6. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Uninstalling this TDK

You should uninstall QNX products in the reverse order in which you installed them. To determine this order, use a command like this:

Linux and Solaris hosts
ls -lt `find base_directory -name "*uninstall*.bin"`
QNX Neutrino hosts
ls -lt `find base_directory -name "*uninstall*.sh"`
Windows hosts
ls -lt `find base_directory -name "*uninstall*.exe"`

where base_directory is where you installed QNX Momentics.

On a Windows host

  1. Log in as a user with system-administrator privileges.
  2. Open the Control Panel (e.g. on Windows 2000: Start-->Settings-->Control Panel).
  3. Select Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Select the Adaptive Partitioning TDK, and then click the Remove button.

On a Solaris or Linux host

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Go to the base_dir/_uninstall/tdk-ap/1.0.0 directory.
  3. Start the QNX InstallShield application: 
    ./uninstaller.bin

    InstallShield will now remove the TDK.

On a QNX Neutrino host

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Go to the base_dir/install/tdk-ap/1.0.0 directory.
  3. Run the uninstaller script: 
    ./uninstall.sh

Documentation

The functionality provided by this TDK is described in the:

  • Adaptive Partitioning chapter of the System Architecture guide
  • Adaptive Partitioning User's Guide
  • aps entry in the Utilities Reference
  • SchedCtl() entry in the Neutrino Library Reference

Technical support

To obtain technical support for any QNX product, visit the Support + Services area on our website (www.qnx.com). You'll find a wide range of support options, including community forums.