This page provides access to software and documentation available directly from STMicroelectronics for the SPEAr SoC family and specifically for SPEAr hardware kits.
All content is mainly concerned with an embedded Linux environment. For information about support for other operating systems please consult your local sales contact or click on the Technical Support link on this page, at right.
Both software documentation and actual binary or source code can be accessed from this page, as applicable to each module or tool.
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| Software documentation |
The Software Getting Started is a required download for any software-related activity and describes, in particular, how to operate with software flashed on SPEAr kits as well as the installation procedure for the development toolset.
The SPEAr Software User Manual is intended for more advanced users and provides information about features and APIs of SPEAr-specific Linux BSPs.
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| Updating tool for Flash memory on SPEAr kits |
This is an interactive tool for updating the contents of Flash memory on SPEAr kits.
Basic instructions on using this tool are provided in the SW Getting Started.
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| Flash memory images |
Pre'built archives with default SW binary images to be used with updating tool above for each specific SPEAr kit.
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| SPEAr STLinux Distribution |
This is needed for software development targeting SPEAr kits assuming embedded Linux as target operating system.
It is not required for using software as pre-flashed on SPEAr boards or to update the flash memory with default predefined contents.
The SW must be installed on a Linux PC. Windows PCs are not supported.
First-time installation
In order to install the latest full Linux Support Package (LSP) for SPEAr evaluation platforms, please follow the procedure below:
1. Click on link below to download the initial installation script to your Linux PC:
install script download
2. Run the downloaded script on your Linux PC as follows:
./install all-arm-spear
This procedure automatically starts the overall download and installation of the required software components (remotely available as RPM packages). The entire procedure takes several minutes, depending on the network speed.
The distribution is installed by default under path /opt/STM.
When the installation is completed, configure the Linux shell environment as follows:
export PATH=$PATH:.:/opt/STM/STLinux-2.3/devkit/arm/bin:/opt/STM/STLinux-2.3/host/bin
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-
In order to preserve this configuration, the same commands should be also be put in a bash shell initialization file.
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