Hi. Im planning to start development on mini2440 using linux tools, im not familiar on linux. but I have fedora 9.. anyway, can you please suggest a good tutorial, books or site to start with? also any specific linux to be use on this kind of development? I mean best to use. Thank you :)
In the internet you find the most and also good stuff if you just search long enough and with the right keywords. It's not so difficult to find good information about development (especially cross compiling) by using different search engines like Google. If you got the hang of it, it isn't as difficult as it seems at the beginning. I will recommend debian as development system (e.g. with LXDE installed). I use the distribution of my father at http://cap.gediam.de/index-en.htm and I'm verry happy with that :) There you have the package management system called "APT" (tip: with apt-cross you can install complete cross compiler toolchains, libraries and much more)! I would also recommend to find out more about using different things in debian etc. because if I explain, it would be to long. On my laptop I have sidux and on my server debian lenny installed. Yes, youre right. I am a debian fanatic ;) Also I will upload the sources of my customized mini2440 kernel again onto my git repository at http://git.programmers-projects.de. It was a lot of work because I have fixed and cleaned up so many things. I think its good for using this at starting point for embedded development.
hi, the question which linux distro to use is a little bit like religion. But use the 32-Bit version. In a 64-Bit distro you will get unsovabele trouble in using the right libraries, includes etc. For the first steps, you can develope any apps, using the installed kernel/qtopia. skip
thanks jay and skip..ill start on reading :)
to Jay BTW...coool father i wish i had another father like that :)