 | 04 Jan 2005 The IBM PowerPC® 970FX Evaluation Kit software includes the IBM PowerPC Initialization Boot Software (PIBS) resident in the flash memory on the board, PIBS source code, the IBM Embedded PowerPC Operating System (EPOS), sample application programs, and application development libraries and tools. Documentation includes board and software technical specifications, evaluation board schematics, and an application note that describes step-by-step instructions on how to obtain and build GNU software development tools for use with the evaluation kit software. Also included is software for the PowerPC 405EP service processor on the board that manages power, initialization, clocks, configuration, and other system tasks. The service processor software also utilizes PIBS and EPOS.
About the PowerPC 970FX Evaluation Kit
The information in this download package is intended for:
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Software engineers interested in developing boot firmware, operating system, or application code for a PowerPC 970FX-based board. The source code illustrates how to initialize and utilize various features of the processor (caches, timers, memory management unit, interrupts, and debugging features). An application note is included that outlines the steps required to obtain and build a GNU cross compiler for PowerPC code development.
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Hardware engineers interested in designing a custom PowerPC 970FX board. The board schematics provide an example of how to connect the processor to a system controller (bridge) chip and other components in the system.
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