Linux Kernel 2.6.37.y - Wilink 8

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Introduction

This article is for specific 2.6.37.y Linux kernel branch serie.
It is interesting read The Linux kernel article previously.

On this 2.6.37.y version, supported IGEP Processor Boards are:

• IGEP COM MODULE / ELECTRON (IGEP0030)
• IGEP v2 (IGEP0020)

The currently supported IGEP Expansion Boards are as follows:

• IGEP PARIS / BERLIN (BASE0010)

Older IGEP devices (Marvell wifi and NO wifi versions) - P/N: IGEP0020-RCxx, IGEP0030-RExx

Binaries: latest stable kernel version for older IGEP devices is: 2.6.37-10 (20140708)

See Linux_Kernel_2.6.37.y

Newer IGEP devices (TI Wilink8 wifi versions) - P/N: IGEP0020-RF6x, IGEP0030-RG6x

Binaries: latest stable kernel version for newer IGEP devices is: 2.6.37-10-wilink8-0 (20150528)

Platform	Kernel source	Compat Wireless source	zImage binary	Modules binaries
IGEP00x0	2.6.37-10-Wilink8-0 (md5sum)	compat-wireless-wilink8-0 (md5sum)	zImage-2.6.37-10-wilink8-0.bin (md5sum)	modules-2.6.37-10-wilink8-0 (md5sum)

Build kernel from sources

See Linux_Kernel_2.6.37.y

Build kernel from sources

Download the latest stable version sources and follow next steps:

git clone git://git.isee.biz/pub/scm/linux-omap-2.6.git
cd linux-omap-2.6
git checkout origin/linux-2.6.37.y-wilink8 -b linux-2.6.37.y-wilink8 

Configure Linux kernel for IGEP devices. IGEP is ARM architecture based device. A generic configuration is provided for all IGEP machines, and can be used as the default by

make ARCH=arm igep00x0_defconfig

Then build the kernel and kernel modules. The result will be an zImage file in arch/arm/boot directory. Execute:

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=[your cross compiler] zImage modules

For example, if you are using IGEP SDK Toolchain (How to setup a cross compiler) then you should execute following cmdline:

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-poky-linux-gnueabi- zImage modules

You can install the kernel modules to your target rootfs

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=[your cross compiler] INSTALL_MOD_PATH=[path to your target rootfs] modules_install

Kernel Parameters

This chapter describes some kernel command line parameters you can pass to the kernel during system startup. They also depend on the presence of the hardware with which they are associated.