XPort Pro Linux Software Development Kit

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XPort Pro Linux Software Development Kit Tech Specs

Supported Hardware

• XPort Pro

Host Development Platforms Supported

• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Fedora 6
• Fedora 9
• Debian 4.0r4

(There are minimal dependencies on the host Linux distribution.)

Toolchain

Code Sourcery G++ 4.3-45 Lite Edition provides the entire GNU Toolchain – C/C++ compilers, a flexible assembler, a powerful linker, runtime libraries, and a source and assembly-level debugger.

Toolchain component versions:

• gcc 4.3.2
• gdb 6.8.50
• binutils 2.18.50
• uClibc 0.9.29

Linux

• Kernel version 2.6.26
• Based on uClinux Distribution (20080808)

Applications and Libraries

• BusyBox v1.13.2 – shell and various Linux utilities
• Boa v0.94.14RC21 – web server
• Dropbear v0.52 – compact SSH client and server
• inetd – Network Server
• telnetd – Telnet Server
• ftpd v1.4.1 – FTP Server
• dhcpcd v1.3.20 – DHCP Client
• mii-tool v1.9.1.1 – Ethernet Configuration Tool

File Systems

• ROMFS – space efficient read-only filesystem
• JFFS2 – Journaling Flash File System version 2. Supports flash wear leveling and helps prevent corruption from power failures
• NFS – Network File System
• AUFS – layering File System – allows easy separation of applications and their configuration files

Debugging and Testing

• gdbserver – for remote debugging
• iperf v2.0.4 – network performance testing
• tcpdump v3.9.8 – network packet sniffer

Available Lantronix Applications

• Software upgrade utility
• Failure Recovery Framework – Solves the maintenance and deployment issues of devices in the field by allowing recovery of failed devices to a known good state over the network. This provides an additional layer of robustness for applications deployed on XPort Pro.

Provided Sample Programs

• CP Manager – GPIO control
• Serial to Ethernet (s2e) – serial tunneling over the network