Revision as of 17:36, 22 November 2011

Purpose and guidelines of this article

This article aims to simplify the knowledge of the basis of the IGEP Technology environment.

This article should be used as a reference for those concepts which are difficult to link by itself by users with poor or no experience with the IGEP Technology, ARM processors, the Linux Kernel or even Linux.

There should be basic definitions and links to the related articles (or maybe to categories, if they are wide enough) in the IGEP Community Wiki (articles where there would be better and complete explanations) so that newbies or even well experienced users can find their information quick and simple.

A

• ARM: definition | links

B

• Boot sequence: definition | links
• Boot loader: definition | links
• Boot partition: definition | links
• Boot device priority: definition | links

C

• Communications with IGEP devices: you can communicate with a IGEP Processor board via Serial port, Ethernet, Wifi, USB Ethernet Gadget, etc. | Comunications
• Debug console: is a mechanism for interacting with the IGEP Processor operating system [host] by typing commands in your client machine to perform specific tasks. You can communicate and open debug sessions via Serial port, SSH, etc. | Using serial debug port to communicate

D

• Software distribution: definition | Software distributions
• Developing under IGEP Technology devices: (developing tools for developing)| links

E

• IGEP Expansion Boards: definition | links

F

G

• GIT Software Repository: definition | links
• Gstreamer: definition | links

H

I

• IGEP Technology: definition | links

J

K

• Linux Kernel: definition | Linux Kernel

L

• Linux: definition | Linux

M

• OMAP Mux Configuration: definition | Mux configuration
• MicroSD: those IGEP Processor Boards with MicroSD card readers can boot from MicroSD by setting the right configuration, partitions and software installed on the card | Boot from MicroSD Card

N

O

• OMAP processors: definition, types | links

P

• MicroSD Partitions: (explain two partitions: boot and rootfs) definition | links
• IGEP Processor Boards: definition | links
• Poky-Linux: definition | Get the Poky distribution
• Pre-installed Software: definition | links

Q

R

• Root File System (rootfs): is the filesystem that is contained on the same partition on which the root directory is located (for example: /usr /etc /bin ...). It is necessary to set a separate partition for the rootfs when booting from a MicroSD card | Boot from MicroSD Card
• Boards revisions: definition | links

S

• SCP: is a network protocol which supports file transfers between hosts. You can use this protocol to directly transfer files from a host to a IGEP Processor Board via Ethernet, Wifi, USB Ethernet Gadget, etc. | links
• SDK tools: definition | links
• SSH: is a network protocol that can execute commands on a IGEP Processor Board in a Debug Console via Ethernet, Wifi, USB Ethernet Gadget, etc. | Using SSH to communicate

T

U

• UART: definition | links
• U-boot: definition | Bootloader U-Boot
• Update Software: definition | Update the Pre-Installed Software image
• USB Ethernet Gadget: definition | Communicate via USB Ethernet Gadget
• USB OTG: definition | links
• USB Host: definition | links

V

X

• IGEP X-loader: definition | Bootloader X-loader

Y

W

Z