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# Chapter 4. System Requirements

# Required

- Standard IntelTM architecture PC running Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 (English or Japanese version), Windows 95, Windows 98, or Linux (tested on RedHat distributions 4.2-5.2).

  SunTM workstation running Solaris 2.5.1 or later for the SPARCTM.

  Support for any platform except for Windows NT 4.0 and Solaris 2.5.1 is beta. In particular, it is only possible to rebuild the GNUPro compiler toolchain on Windows NT 4.0, Solaris 2.5.1, and Linux.

- Enough disk space for the installed distribution:

  - Approximately 246 MB of free disk space.

  If you are downloading the Sourceware distribution from Cygnus’s Sourceware site, you will also need space to store that image and to compile GNUPro and eCos from source.

If you will be using the MN10300 stdeval1 board, you will also need:

- One 16550-based serial port on the PC

- A Matsushita MN10300 standard evaluation board with eCos CygMon Debug PROMs installed

- One standard modem (straight connection) serial cable to connect the serial port on the PC to the evaluation board. An optional second serial cable can be used for diagnostic I/O.

If you will be using the TX39 JMR3904 board, you will also need:

- One 16550-based serial port on the PC

- JMR-TX3904 RISC Processor Reference Board with eCos CygMon Debug EPROMs installed

- A null modem cable to connect the serial port on the PC to the evaluation board

If you will be using the PowerPC Cogent board, you will also need:

- One 16550-based serial port on the PC

- Cogent CMA101/102 evaluation board with a CMA287-23 (MPC823), CMA287-50 (MPC850), or CMA286-60 (MPC860) daughterboard and eCos “GDB stubs” ROM installed. Information and online manuals for the Cogent board can be found at http://www.cogcomp.com/.

- Serial cable to connect the serial port on the PC to the RJ-11 serial I/O connector, P12 (CMA101) or P3 (CMA102), on the evaluation board.

If you will be using the Fujitsu SPARClite Evaluation Board, you will also need:

- One 16550-based serial port on the PC (only required if using the serial connection).

- Fujitsu SPARClite Evaluation Board with a CygMon ROM installed.

- Null modem cable to connect the serial port on the PC to the CON1 serial I/O connector on the evaluation board.

- An ethernet connection between the PC and the evaluation board (possibly via a LAN). The ethernet connection is not necessary if you have a serial connection, but it does improve download speeds immensely.

If you will be using the ARM PID evaluation board, you will also need:

- One (16550 based) serial port on the PC

- ARM PID evaluation board with eCos “GDB stubs” ROM installed.

- Null modem cable to connect the serial port on the PC to the SerialA serial I/O connector on the evaluation board.

If you will be using the ARM AEB-1 evaluation board, you will also need:

- One (16550 based) serial port on the PC

- ARM AEB-1 evaluation board with eCos “GDB stubs” ROM image installed in the flash ROM.

- Null modem cable to connect the serial port on the PC to the serial I/O connector on the evaluation board.

If you will be using the Linux synthetic target, you will also need:

- An ix86 PC with an installed Linux distribution (tested with RedHat 5.1 and 5.2).

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