Software/Tools

From ArcLinux

Software/tools ported to the ARC architecture / ISA


Elf2flt ( ELF to FLAT binary convertion tool )

  • uClinux cannot execute standard ELF files but it supports FLAT files. This tool converts ELF binaries to FLAT binaries
  • the prebuilt uClinux uClibc toolchain includes the elf2flt tool and also supports directly giving the command line option -Wl,-elf2flt to the gnu linker to output FLAT binaries


U-Boot ( Universal Bootloader )

  • U-Boot is a boot loader program that is stored in flash memory on target system.
  • U-boot allows the target to load a binary image from a network connection or flash memory.

Miscellaneous and useful software

  • busybox - the swiss army knife of embedded Linux
  • boa - favorite web server in the embedded crowd, and embedded Linux
  • utelnetd - a small Telnet daemon
  • udhcp - a perfect fit for embedded systems requring DHCP capabilities