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QNX® Momentics® 6.2.1 PE - Intel XScale IXDP425 BSP - Installation Note

QNX® Momentics® 6.2.1 PE

Intel XScale IXDP425 BSP

Installation Note

Date of this edition: March 17, 2004

Target OS: QNX® Neutrino® 6.2.1 Patch B with Supplemental Release

Host OS: Microsoft Windows 2K SP4; Sun Solaris 2.8; QNX® Neutrino® 6.2.1B Supplemental

For the latest information about this BSP, see the release notes.

Never use the QNX Software Installer through a phditto/phrelay session, because:
  • the installer can't detect multiple instances of itself through a phditto/phrelay session
  • when running the reboot script, the installer can try to shut down the system, but it doesn't know how to shut down phditto/phrelay sessions properly (phshutdown, which you normally use to reboot, does know how to handle these sessions).

Contents...

  • What's in this BSP?
    • Binary package contents
    • Source package contents
    • Documentation package contents
  • Installation
    • Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts
    • Solaris hosts
  • Documentation
  • Technical support

What's in this BSP?

Two BSP bundles are available:

  • Binary bundle, which contains:
    • Binary package
    • Documentation package
  • Source bundle, which contains the binary and docs packages, as well as:
    • Source code package

The source bundle requires a license.

Binary package contents

  • IPL
  • Startup
  • Serial driver
  • Flash filesystem driver (FFSV3)
  • Ethernet driver (IXP425 and Speedo)
  • io-net resource manager
  • PCI server.

Source code package contents

  • IPL
  • Startup
  • Serial driver
  • Flash filesystem driver (FFSV3)
  • Ethernet driver (IXP425)
  • PCI server.

Documentation package contents

  • Intel XScale IXDP425 BSP Guide (HTML)

Installation

Before you install this BSP, you must have already installed QNX Momentics PE 6.2.1B Supplemental on a supported host.

To install this BSP:

  1. Start by downloading the appropriate QPR file:

    IXDP425-src-621B.qpr (source bundle)

    or:

    IXDP425-bin-621B.qpr (binary bundle)

  2. Remember the name of the directory that you downloaded the package into.

Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts

To install this BSP on Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts:

  1. Launch the QNX Installer and input the path to the downloaded package.
  2. Select the Intel IXDP425 BSP package(s), then click Install.
  3. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Note that you can also run the installer from the command line. For example: 

qnxinstall download-dir/IXDP425-src-621B.qpr

Solaris hosts

To install this BSP on a Solaris host:

  1. Run cl-installer.
  2. Type i to install. When prompted to select a repository to open, choose o (to open an "other" repository).
  3. Enter the path to the downloaded package (i.e. the .qpr file).
  4. Select the Intel IXDP425 BSP package(s).

Documentation

Assuming you've installed your development suite, you'll find an extensive set of online documentation in HTML format. The "roadmap" page contains links to the various HTML booksets that accompany the OS (e.g. System Architecture, Programmer's Guide, Library Reference, Utilities Reference, etc.).

Technical support

The public support forums (qdn.public.* and comp.os.qnx) are a very useful way to get help. Several newsgroups are available from our news server, news://inn.qnx.com. Members of the QNX Neutrino user community at large as well as our own developers and staff frequent these newsgroups daily.

Your support plan might also give you access to private newsgroups via news://nntp.qnx.com. For more information about our technical support offerings, please see the Services section of our website (http://www.qnx.com).