MIPP DAQ Documentation Project - Linux on PPC

Everything you need to know (hopefully) to compile your own LINUX kernel, set up tftp and an NFS filesystem on a server and boot a LINUX O/S on a VME23XX,24XX or 26XX. Also included is documentation on setting up the CES8210 (CAMAC) libraries and the event builder R2DM.

Setting up TFTP on your server

Setting up an NFS file system on your server

Installing a Cross Compiler

Compiling the LINUX kernel 2.2.9 and LINUX kernel 2.2.12

Configuring the PowerPC Hardware/Firmware

Documentation for the CES8210 Library

Getting started with the Event Builder - R2DM

Here are some links that were helpful in setting up LINUX on PPC.

The Fermilab Linux Repository and in particular Realtime and Embedded Linux for HEP.

The Boone Instructions for getting started with LINUX on SBC's are particularly useful.

The best set of instructions for cross compiling a LINUX kernel were found at penguinppc.org.

Here is the PPCbug Reference Manual

Changed 20-May-2002 by:David Asner