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1 Linux on the DragonBoard 410c ........................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Known limitations .................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Boot-phase status indicators.................................................................................................................................... 4
2 Installing Linux ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Installing from SD-card ............................................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 Installing from Host-pc ............................................................................................................................................. 8
3 Recovering your DragonBoard with the rescue image .................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Installation overview .............................................................................................................................................. 11
3.2 Step1: Download the rescue image from the 96Boards website ........................................................................... 11
3.3 Step2: Copy the rescue image onto an SD-card ..................................................................................................... 11
3.4 step3: Boot the board from the SD-card ................................................................................................................ 12
4 Running Linux: First steps ................................................................................................................................................ 13
4.1 LogIn ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
4.2 Setting up WiFi ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
5 Linux Development Environment .................................................................................................................................... 14
5.1 Toolchain ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
5.2 Eclipse Development Environment ....................................................................................................................... 15
6 Example1: HelloWorld application .................................................................................................................................. 16
6.1 Start the Eclipse IDE ............................................................................................................................................... 16
6.2 Create a new project .............................................................................................................................................. 16
6.3 Implement application ........................................................................................................................................... 18
6.4 Build and transfer the application .......................................................................................................................... 18
6.5 Execute the application .......................................................................................................................................... 18
7 Example2: BlinkyLED ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
7.1 Create a new project .............................................................................................................................................. 20
7.2 Implement application ........................................................................................................................................... 20
7.3 Build and transfer the application .......................................................................................................................... 20
7.4 Execute the application .......................................................................................................................................... 20
8 Example3: TogglyGPIO ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
8.1 Setup ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
8.2 Create a new project .............................................................................................................................................. 22
8.3 Implement application ........................................................................................................................................... 22
8.4 Build and transfer the application .......................................................................................................................... 25