Downloading and Running the Kernel

(updated 19/7/2004 to use JTAG/MDM download.  No more slow serial downloads)

After building the kernel image and downloading the mbvanilla hardware target to your board, you are now ready to download the kernel image and launch it.

1. Connect a serial cable to the serial port on the main Virtex2 board.  This will be your Linux terminal port.  Start a terminal emulator program, such as minicom on Linux, or hyperterminal under Windows.  Set the serial port configuration to 57600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, software flow control.
    
2. Change into the mbvanilla directory, e.g.
   
   $ cd ~/MicroBlaze/mbvanilla
    
3. Download and run the kernel image, using the dl.sh shell script. The path to your kernel image.bin is passed as a parameter to this script, e.g.:
   
   $ ./dl.sh ~/uClinux-dist/images/image.bin
    
4. You should see the kernel boot on your terminal screen.  You should be greeted by a linux prompt, and you are ready to go.  The bootup output should look a bit like this.