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Here are some documents and notes that might make your development a little easier.

printascii.txt - Document on the use of the printascii function. This information essential for diagnosing early kernel hangs when developing on a new platform.

ttySAx.txt - A document to help understand how the assignments of the ttySAx uart ports are assigned. If you creating code for a new ARM platform this is a must read.

mmap.txt - A document to help understand the use of mmap in userland applications

gpio-irqs.txt - A document to help understand the assignment of GPIO irqs

initrd-quick.txt - quick installation notes for creating an initial ramdisk for the InHand ELF board. This document could be used for other platforms, however the document only refers to the ELF.

initrd.txt - a great document on the creation and usage of initial ramdisks.

ps    pdf    - Booting Linux: history and future , a must read document for understanding the dance of bootload, initial ramdisk, and linux kernel.

cl-pd6722  - a pdf document on the Cirrus Logic cl-pd6722



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