1Technologic Systems TS-5x00 SBCs 2================================ 3 4This document explains how to set up a basic Buildroot system for the 5Technologic Systems TS-5x00 serie of x86-based Single Board Computers. 6 7TS-5x00 Single Board Computers are based on the AMD Elan520 processor. For more 8information please have a look at http://wiki.embeddedarm.com/wiki/#AMD 9 10The kernel configuration works for any AMD Elan520-based SBCs, but the support 11is enhanced for the TS-5500 and TS-5400 models (on-board devices registration 12and additional sysfs attributes under /sys/devices/platform/). 13 14To build the default configuration you only have to: 15 16 $ make ts5500_defconfig 17 $ make 18 19You will need a Compact Flash card of sufficient size and the first or only 20partition configured as Linux type, with the bootable flag. 21 22You can transfer the system on the partition then optionally resize it with: 23 24 # dd if=output/images/rootfs.ext4 of=/dev/sdX1 25 # resize2fs /dev/sdX1 26 27Or you can just extract the root filesystem to the partition with: 28 29 # mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt 30 # tar -pxf output/images/rootfs.tar -C /mnt 31 # umount /mnt 32 33To install the bootloader, you will need to copy the MBR: 34 35 # cat output/images/syslinux/mbr.bin > /dev/sdX 36 37Then install SYSLINUX in the mounted partition: 38 39 # mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt 40 # output/host/sbin/extlinux --install /mnt/boot/syslinux 41 # umount /mnt 42 43IMPORTANT: In order for the board to boot the Compact Flash with a recent 44config, the BIOS must use Logical Block Addressing (LBA). You can do it by 45choosing "Ide 0: AUTOCONFIG, LBA" under "IDE DRIVE GEOMETRY" in the "Basic CMOS 46Configuration" screen. Also, don't forget to set the 'active' (or 'bootable') 47flag on partition 1. For details about the CMOS setup, please see: 48http://wiki.embeddedarm.com/wiki/TS-5500#System_BIOS_Setup_Screens 49 50Connect a terminal program to the rs232 connector marked "COM2" 51with baudrate set to 115200, insert the Compact Flash card into the socket, 52power up the board, and enjoy. 53