M54455EVB User’s Manual, Rev. 4
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Freescale Semiconductor
5. Configure the COM port as follows:
6. Press the power switch on the front of the computer case and the U-Boot banner (example below)
should appear in the terminal window.
U-Boot 1.2.0-g4a442d31-dirty (Aug 23 2007 - 11:14:19)
CPU: Freescale MCF54455 (Mask:48 Version:1)
CPU CLK 266 Mhz BUS CLK 133 Mhz FLB CLK 33 Mhz
INP CLK 33 Mhz VCO CLK 533 Mhz
Board: Freescale M54455 EVB
I2C: ready
DRAM: 256 MB
FLASH: 16.5 MB
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: FEC0, FEC1
IDE: Bus 0: not available Status = 0x60
->
Linux and a root file system are preprogrammed into the second Flash device (Flash1) at address
0x0000_0000. A demo application automatically runs when Linux is started. A network
connection is required for the web server portion of the demo to work.
7. Plug one end of the provided Ethernet cable into a network or host PC with a DHCP server running.
Plug the other end of the cable into the FEC0 interface (bottom RJ45 receptacle) of the
M54455EVB.
8. To boot Linux, issue the following U-Boot command.
-> bootm 0
9. The demo application prints out a banner message including the IP address that it obtained from
the DHCP server. Launch a web client (e.g. Firefox or Internet Explorer) and copy this IP address
into the web browser. The M54455EVB serves up a web page with more information on the
available demos.
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Hardware Submodules
The following sections describe the hardware submodules of the M54455EVB.
Table 2. Default Serial Console Settings
Parameter
Setting
Baud Rate
115,200 bps
Data bits
8
Parity
None
Stop bits
1
Flow Control
None or Software (Xon/Xoff)