arc-2017.02 for AXS103 v1.2 RC1

This is the first release candidate of Linux distribution for the ARC AXS103 v1.2.

This release is built on top of upstream Buildroot 2017.02 and includes support for ARC AXS103 only.

Important notes:

• Current release is built with Buildroot from tag arc-2017.02-axs103-v1.2-rc1 and snps_axs103_defconfig.
• Main components of that release
  • Linux kernel is vanilla upstream 4.10.9 release linux-4.10.9.
  • U-Boot bootloader based on v2017.01 release with custom patches for correct kick-start of slave cores.
  • ARC GNU Tools of version arc-2016.09. Tag arc-2016.09 in Toolchain repository.
• Included software packages:
  • GDB (both server and target gdb)
  • MPlayer
  • OpenSSH (both server and client parts)
  • RT-tests
  • iperf3
  • Framebuffer test application

Please refer to following articles for more information on how to build and run Linux kernel on AXS board:
[1] Getting Started with Linux on ARC AXS103 Software Development Platform (SDP)
[2] How to build filesystem and kernel images for ARC cores with Buildroot
[3] Flashing U‐Boot in ARC AXS10x Software Development Platforms (SDP)
[4] How to run ARC Linux kernel and debug (with MetaWare Debugger)
[5] How to debug applications on AXS10x SDP with OpenOCD
[6] How to debug applications on AXS10x SDP with Ashling GDB Server

Attached are following files:

• uImage - binary image that contain both Linux kernel and init ramfs for use with U-Boot bootloader.
• vmlinux - binary image that contain both Linux kernel and init ramfs for use with debugger on host computer via JTAG. Simple example how to execute Linux kernel with help of MDB available here for more options see [4], [5] and [6].
• u-boot - binary image that contain U-Boot bootloader for use with debugger on host computer via JTAG
• u-boot.bin - binary image that contain U-Boot bootloader for programming in motherboard's SPI flash (load address must be set as 0x81000000). See [3].