1. Install a Virtual Machine Download Ubuntu Create a New Virtual Machine Seamless Operation between Windows an Linux...

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1 Introduction APPLICATION NOTE The purpose of this document is to explain how to create a Virtual Machine on a Windows PC such that a Linux environment can be created in order to build a Linux kernel and applications. It also explains how to download and extract the RZ/A1 BSP. For this app note, VMWare Player and Ubuntu will be installed. Ubuntu is also acceptable to install. EU_00180 Rev.1.14 Target Device Contents 1. Install a Virtual Machine Download Ubuntu Create a New Virtual Machine Seamless Operation between Windows an Linux Shutting down your Virtual Machine Install Some Additional Software Package Need for Kernel Building Download and Extract the RZ/A1 BSP Install the Cinnamon interface... 5 EU_00180 Rev.1.14 Page 1 of 5

2 1. Install a Virtual Machine Install a virtual machine of your choice: VMWare Player, VMWare Workstation, VirtualBox, etc For this appnote, VMWare Player 6 will be used Notes for VirtualBox Users We have seen that on some Windows host machines, you cannot connect to the Segger J-Link over USB unless the VirtualBox Extension Pack is installed. It can be installed here, but note that the license is only for Personal Use and Evaluation However, if you install VirtualBox or earlier, you can use the extension pack for commercial use. Please read: 2. Download Ubuntu Go to the following website and find the download for LTS version of Ubuntu. This app note shows using Ubuntu LTS, but LTS can also be used. You may download the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Ubuntu. However, some ARM toolchain distributers such as Linaro only distribute the latest GCC toolchains in 64-bit form, so unless you are running 64-bit Ubuntu, you cannot use the latest version of ARM GCC unless you built it yourself. Also, at the time of this app note, the Linux version of Renesas e2studio is only supported under 64-bit OSes. When downloading, you should be saving an.iso file (for example ubuntu desktop-i386.iso or ubuntu desktop-amd64.iso) 3. Create a New Virtual Machine Launch your Virtual Machine app (VMWare Player in our case) and select to create a new virtual machine. The following is for VMWare Player 6. Click Create new Virtual Machine On the next screen, it will ask you if you have an ISO file to install with. Point it to the.iso file you downloaded. VMWare Player should recognize it. EU_00180 Rev.1.14 Page 2 of 5

3 On the next screen, it will ask you for: Full Name: Pick whatever you want like Renesas or your own name John Smith User Name: Pick whatever you want like renesas...or your own name (a short simple name and lower case is usually best like john or jsmith ) Password: Pick whatever you want like 1234.but keep it simple since this is just a virtual machine On the next screen, it will ask you for a Virtual Machine name. Pick whatever you want, like Ubuntu LTS. Note that it will also ask you where on your PC you want to save your virtual machine files On the next screen, it will ask you for how big of a hard drive you need. The defaults are fine (20GB, split into multiple files) Click Finish to have the virtual machine created which will automatically boot it and start the install process of the Ubuntu OS. Simple use your username/password that you selected above to log in. 4. Seamless Operation between Windows an Linux When using a Windows PC with a virtual machine to run Linux, it is very helpful to be able to: Use the same clipboard (ie, copy text in Windows and paste it in Linux) Drag and drop files to/from Windows to/from Linux Assign a share directory that both Windows and Linux can access at the same time In order to do this, you need to install some special drivers and software inside your Linux VM to allow it to talk to Windows. 4.1 Procedure for VmWare From the VM menu, select Install VmWare Tools. This will mount a virtual CD ROM image. From there, you can run an installer. You will need to reboot your VM before it takes effect. 4.2 Procedure for VirutalBox From the Devices menu at the top, select Insert Guest Additions CD image This will mount a virtual CD ROM image. From there, you can run the installer. Also under the Devices menu enable Bidirectional for Share Clipboard and Drag and Drop. You will need to reboot your VM before it takes effect. EU_00180 Rev.1.14 Page 3 of 5

4 5. Shutting down your Virtual Machine When you are done using your virtual machine and want to shut down your virtual machine application (VMWare Player for example), you should properly shut down the virtual OS. For Ubuntu, that would be use the gear icon in the upper right corner and selecting shutdown. Alternatively, you can suspend the virtual machine by pressing the pause button. This allows you freeze your Linux OS so you can then shut down the virtual machine player (VMWare). Then later, you can come back and resume your PC image and pick up where you left off. 6. Install Some Additional Software Package Need for Kernel Building These software packages are not part of the default Ubuntu install, so you need to install them yourself. From a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T), install the following packages by entering the follow. Note that the sudo command in front (sudo stands for super user do ) will require you to enter your password the same one you used to log in. $ sudo apt-get install u-boot-tools $ sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev $ sudo apt-get install git 7. Download and Extract the RZ/A1 BSP The instructions below show how to git clone the current BSP directly from the github site in order to ensure you have the latest version. From within a terminal window (Ctrl + Alt + T): For the RZ/A1 Linux-3.14 BSP: $ cd ~ $ git clone $ cd rskrza1_bsp For the RZ/A1 Linux-4.9 BSP: $ cd ~ $ git clone $ cd rza_linux-4.9_bsp You should now be able to build the software in the RZ/A1 BSP: $./build.sh At any time, you can also update to the latest code and build environment by using the update command. $./build.sh update EU_00180 Rev.1.14 Page 4 of 5

5 8. Install the Cinnamon interface The default desktop environment on Ubuntu is Unity which is quite a bit different from the standard Microsoft Windows environment. As an alternative, it is recommended that you install the Cinnamon interface which has a start button and a Task bar at the bottom. To install the Cinnamon package: Open a terminal window and enter the following commands: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsvetko.tsvetkov/cinnamon $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cinnamon Then, log out of the desktop environment using the icon on the very top right of your screen: At the login screen, click the round icon where you log in and select Cinnamon After logging back in, your desktop should look something like this: EU_00180 Rev.1.14 Page 5 of 5

6 Revision Record Rev. Date Description Page Summary 1.00 Nov 25, 2014 First edition issued 1.10 Jan 14, ,4 Added section 7, changed link to BSP v Feb 16, Fix tar command. Changed link to BSP v Jul 29, 2017 Ubuntu bit is now OK. Download BSP using git Dec 6, 2017 Notes about VirtualBox, added 4.9 BSP 1.14 Note about VirtualBox A-1