The AM335x SDK Essentials from Texas Instruments (TI) provides the stable Linux distribution that is used with the DT7816 module. The SDK also has the Linaro GCC 4.7 2013.03 cross compilation toolchain for the ARM.
The SDK allows you to modify the Linux kernel by adding or removing modules, modify any kernel mode driver, and develop custom applications for the DT7816 module.
To download and install the TI SDK, perform the following steps:
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Download the TI AM335x EVM SDK (32-bit binary)
file ti-sdk-am335x-evm-07.00.00.00-Linux-x86-Install.bin
to a directory (such as /tmp)
on your Linux host computer. You can find the binary file on the following
TI webpage: http://software-dl.ti.com/sitara_linux/esd/AM335xSDK/07_00_00_00/exports/ti-sdk-am335x-evm-07.00.00.00-Linux-x86-Install.bin.
Note that this is a 2GB file.
On the Linux host computer, change to the directory that contains the file ti-sdk-am335x-evm-07.00.00.00-Linux-x86-Install.bin file. For example, if you downloaded the bin file to the /tmp directory, enter the following command:
# cd /tmp
Make the file executable using the following command:
# chmod +x ti-sdk-am335x-evm-07.00.00.00-Linux-x86-Install.bin
Install the TI SDK using the following command.
# ./ti-sdk-am335x-evm-07.00.00.00-Linux-x86-Install.bin
You can install the TI SDK in any directory, however, ensure that you have read/write permissions to this directory. By default, the TI SDK is installed in the following directory: /opt/ti-sdk-am335x-evm-07.00.00.00/.
Once you have installed the TI SDK, you can choose to install an IDE or install the GNU tools, if desired. If you choose not to install an IDE or the GNU tools, download the DT7816 software now.