AVR32 Linux Applications

Porting applications to AVR32

Porting a new application to AVR32 is usually quite easy. If the application uses the autoconf system (i.e. it has a configure script), you probably just have to update the config.sub and (optionally) config.guess files with a version that recognizes AVR32. The latest version of these scripts can be downloaded from http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config. With a recent config.sub in place, all you need to do is to run configure with the --host=avr32-linux option and run make and make install.

If this doesn't work, please have a look at some CommonPortingIssues.

When it does work, please consider adding an entry to the table below describing what you had to do and (if necessary) include a patch containing the changes you had to do to the code. Please use a WikiWord for the application name so that links will work as expected.

Linux on UC3-based CPUs

Even though the Linux kernel currently only supports AVR32 AP7-based CPUs, Linux has supported MMU-less CPUs for quite some time, and there are UC3-based CPUs available that are fully capable of running Linux. With LinuxOnUC3, the applications listed below are made available for use on cheap UC3-based chips as well. Work is underway to make this happen -- if you think it sounds interesting, please consider participating.

AVR32 Linux Application Repository

Application	Description	Maintainer	Source	Patch
AceOfPenguins	Collection of Card and Board Games	JohnVoltz	download	None needed
AlsaMixerGui	FLTK based Mixer GUI for Alsa	JohnVoltz	Download	Patch
Boost	Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries	JohnVoltz	Download	None needed
BusyBox	Basic set of utilities compiled into a single executable image	HaavardSkinnemoen	download	None needed
cron	ISC cron daemon	KlausSchaefer	Download	Patch
Dillo	GTK 1.2 based Lightweight Web Browser	JohnVoltz	Home	Patched source
Flirt	Open source Flash runtime	SondreGarsjoe		Download
FlTk	Fast, light GUI toolkit	JohnVoltz	download	Patch
GadgetFsTest	Test program for gadgetfs	HaavardSkinnemoen	download	None needed
GqView	Image Viewer	JohnVoltz	download	None needed
Gnash	Flash Movie Player	JohnVoltz	download	None needed
GtkTwo	GUI toolkit	JohnVoltz	Download	GTK how-to
GtkOne	GUI toolkit	JohnVoltz	Home	Source tree
Icu	International Components for Unicode	JohnVoltz	Home	Patch
Iperf	The TCP/UDP Bandwidth Measurement Tool	MarceloBarros	Download	Download
IPkg	Itsy Package Installer	JohnVoltz	download	None needed
JamVM	Java vm	LeenToelen	Download	None needed
LeafPad	Text Editor	JohnVoltz	download	None needed
LibAio	Asynchronous I/O library	HaavardSkinnemoen	download	None needed
libid3tag	MP3 IDv3 Tag Parsing Library	JohnVoltz	Download
Lua	The Lua Interpreter		download	None needed
LxDoom	ID Software's game DOOM	JohnVoltz	Download	Patch
Lynx	Text-based WWW Browser	JohnVoltz		None needed
MadPlayer	Command line MP3 Player	JohnVoltz	Download	None
MagicCube4D	4 Dimension Rubik's Cube	JohnVoltz	Download	Patched source
Midori	WebKit based WWW Browser	JohnVoltz		None needed
MPlayer	The Movie Player	JohnVoltz	Download	Download
MtdUtils	MemoryTechnologyDevice (flash) utilities for Linux	HaavardSkinnemoen	download	None needed
Nano-X	The Nano-X Window System (previously Microwindows)	SondreGarsjoe	Download	Download
NCurses	Terminal Control Library	JohnVoltz	Download	None needed
NetCat	TCP/IP swiss army knife	AmandTihon	Download	Patch
Net-SNMP	snmpd - usefull for monitoring with ie Munin	OleBendikKvisberg	download	None needed
NgSpice	Mixed mode circuit simulator	JohnVoltz	Download	None needed
OpenMotif	Motif Toolkit	JohnVoltz		Patch
PcMan	Gtk+ File Manager	JohnVoltz	Download	None needed
Python	The interpreter we love in favour of the other one	JoUthus	download	Download soon
Qtopia	GUI framework from TrollTech, for embedded devices without X Windows	HansChristianEgtvedt	Download	4.2.2 4.2.4
Qt-X11	GUI framework from TrollTech, for X Windows	JohnVoltz	Download	Patch 4.4.0-tp1
Rubix	Rubik's Cube for X	JohnVoltz	Download	Patch
Ser2Net	Serial Port <> TCP Connection	GutoAndreollo	Home	None Needed
shttpd	Small an simple but powerfull HTTP(S) Daemon	KlausSchaefer	Download	Readme
STrace	System call tracer	HaavardSkinnemoen	Download	Download
Sylpheed	Gtk+ Graphical Email client	JohnVoltz	download	None needed
Synergy	Mouse and keyboard sharing server/client	JohnVoltz	download 1.3.1	None needed
Torsmo	System Status Monitor	JohnVoltz	download	None needed
Tslib	Abstraction layer for touchscreen panel events	MatteoVit	Download	Patch
Vice	Commodore Emulator	JohnVoltz	Download	Patch
WebKit	Open source web browser engine	JohnVoltz	Home	Patch
XBoard	GNU Chess	JohnVoltz	Engine GUI	None needed
XPdf	PDF Viewer	JohnVoltz		None needed
XStroke	Handwriting Recognition for X	JohnVoltz	Download	None needed
XWindows	X Windows System	JohnVoltz	Download 7.3	X how-to
YSM	A Free, open source (GPL license) console based ICQ client written in the C language			None needed

Adding new entries to the list

If you've ported a new application to avr32-linux, or even just tried cross-compiling something and found out that it works with no modifications, you should add it to the Application Repository above. Here's how you do it:

1. Add a new row to the table. Make sure that what appears in the Application column is interpreted as a link by the wiki software --- either by using a WikiWord or by forcing a link by enclosing the name in double square brackets like this: [[Frobnicator]]. See the TextFormattingRules for details.
2. Fill in the table entry as best you can. Unless a patch is already available from some other source, put a temporary placeholder in the Patch column. Save the page.
3. Click on the question mark next to the application name to create a new info page for your application.
4. Fill in the info page with any information you think is necessary. Please try to keep the general structure consistent with other applications' info pages.
5. If the application needs a patch, attach it to the info page and update the Patch column in the table above. The URL should be constructed using the %PUBURLPATH% and %WEB% variables like this:

   %PUBURLPATH%/%WEB%/Frobnicator/frobnicator-1.0-avr32.patch

What applications are included in the buildroot default image?

The following is a list of all of the packages that are included in the default image built by buildroot.

Application	Description
Avahi	a free Zeroconf implementation, including a system for multicast DNS/DNS-SD service discovery.
AVR32 User's guide	The user's guide
BridgeUtils?	Utilities for configuring the Linux ethernet bridge.
Bzip2	A free and open source lossless data compression algorithm and program developed by Julian Seward.
DNSMasQ?	A lightweight, easy to configure, DNS forwarder and DHCP server.
DropBear?	A Secure Shell-compatible server and client.
FakeRoot?	Provides a fake root environment by means of LD_PRELOAD and SYSV IPC (or TCP) trickery.
GdbServer?	Allows you to connect your program with a remote GDB via target remote
HasErl?	a small program that uses shell or Lua script to create cgi web scripts
IpTables?	Software inside this framework enables packet filtering, network address [and port] translation (NA[P]T) and other packet mangling.
LibDaemon?	A lightweight C library that eases the writing of UNIX daemons.
LrzSz?	A unix communication package providing the XMODEM, YMODEM ZMODEM file transfer protocols.
Lzo	A block compression algorithm — it compresses and decompresses a block of data.
MtdUtils	A set of utilities for doing low-level operations on flash devices.
Nbd	Network block device
NcFtp?	Command-line ftp client for UNIX.
Ntp	Network time protocol
Openssl	Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) package
PkgConfig?	A helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries.
PortMap?	A part of the ONCRPC collection of software for implementing remote procedure calls between computer programs.
ProFtpD?	A high-performance, extremely configurable, and secure FTP server.
Python	Object oriented scripting language
Rsync	An open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer.
Samba	An Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.
Strace	A system call tracer
WebIf?	Implements HTML pages with embedded shell scripts.
WirelessTools?	A set of tools allowing to manipulate the Wireless Extensions.
Zlib	A compression library