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QNX® Momentics® 6.2.1 PE - Broadcom BCM1250 BSP - Binary Bundle - Install Notes

QNX® Momentics® 6.2.1 PE

Broadcom BCM1250 BSP - Binary Bundle

Installation Note

Date of this edition: July 25, 2003

Target OS: QNX® Neutrino® 6.2.1 or 6.2.1B

Host OS: Microsoft Windows XP/2K/NT4 SP6A, Sun Solaris 7/8, QNX Neutrino 6.2.1 or 6.2.1B

For the latest information about this BSP, see the release notes.
Never use the QNX Software Installer through a phditto/phrelay session, because the installer can't detect multiple instances of itself through a phditto/phrelay session.

Contents...

  • What's in this BSP?
    • Binary package contents
    • Documentation package contents
  • Installation
    • Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts
    • Solaris hosts
  • Documentation

What's in this BSP?

This BSP contains a binary bundle, which contains:

  • Binary package
  • Documentation package

Binary package contents

  • Startup
  • IPL (example only)
  • Serial
  • Flash filesystem driver
  • PCI
  • Ethernet driver
  • USB 1.1 stack
  • EIDE (through a Compact Flash card)

Documentation package contents

  • Broadcom BCM1250 BSP Guide (HTML)

Installation

This BSP package is designed to function with QNX Neutrino 6.2.1. You must have already installed QNX Momentics 6.2.1 on a supported host platform targeting MIPSLE[BE] before installing this BSP.

To download this BSP:

  1. Go to the Software Downloads area of your myQNX account at the QNX Software Systems website (www.qnx.com) and select Board Support Packages.
    In the next step, you'll download a QPR file. Don't download the QPR file into a directory whose path contains spaces. For example, don't download the file into C:Documents and Settingsmy_useridDesktop.
  2. Download the appropriate QPR file:

    brdcm-bin-621.qpr (Binary bundle)

  3. Remember the name of the directory that you downloaded the package into.

Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts

To install this BSP on Windows and QNX Neutrino hosts:

  1. Launch the QNX Installer and input the path to the downloaded package.
  2. Select the Broadcom BCM1250 BSP package(s) and select Install.
  3. Follow the instructions on your screen.

Alternatively, you can invoke the QNX installer from the command line on QNX Neutrino hosts. For example: 

qnxinstall download-dir/ixdp425-bin.qpr

Solaris hosts

To install this BSP on a Solaris host:

  1. Run cl-installer.
  2. Type i to install. When prompted to select a repository to open, choose o (to open an "other" repository).
  3. Enter the path to the downloaded package (i.e. the qpr file).
  4. Select the IXDP425 BSP package(s).

Documentation

Assuming you've installed your development suite, you'll find an extensive set of online documentation in HTML format. The "roadmap" page contains links to the various HTML booksets that accompany the OS (e.g. System Architecture, Programmer's Guide, Library Reference, Utilities Reference, etc.), as well as docs for BSPs, DDKs, etc.

You can find the docs for all BSPs under:

${QNX_TARGET/usr/help/product/bsp_en/bookset.html