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diff --git a/os/ipengine/README b/os/ipengine/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3572de78 --- /dev/null +++ b/os/ipengine/README @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +The ipEngine-1 is a Motorola MPC8xx-based small computer +made by Bright Star Engineering (www.brightstareng.com) +which also provides Linux and their own operating system for it. +It is an interesting hardware platform to do network-oriented Inferno +applications. + +The ipEngine is unusual in including an FPGA (Altera Flex 6016). +See fpga(3) and fpgaload(8). +We are also working on software to help program the thing. + + +Booting the ipEngine + +0. serial cable (port 1, 9600 baud), ether, power etc. + +1. make appropriate entries for your site in flash + using the BSE monitor: + + set netmask 255.255.255.0 + set nameserver 200.1.1.11 + set server 200.1.1.11 + set serverip 200.1.1.11 + set gateway 200.1.1.50 + set hostname stella + set domain vitanuova.com + set myip 200.1.1.96 + +2. add an entry to do the boot by tftp: + + set bootcmd "load /usr/inferno/os/ipengine/iipe 3000; go 3020" + + contrary to the BSE documentation this loads any + binary file at the given address. the -b option + doesn't seem to be needed. + +3. reset + it should load and start the kernel + +Vita Nuova +16 July 2003 |