Welcome to Linux4SAM

Welcome to the main starting point for Linux OS on SAM products. Its aim is to centralize information about Linux kernel and open source projects on ATMEL AT91 Smart ARM-based Microcontrollers (aka SAM).

Our goal is to be an interface with open source projects that include AT91 support. We do not want to duplicate information but to link as much as possible to good resources available on the Web.

Keep an eye on this website as it has been designed for instant update. We will try to make it live with the open source community and update AT91SAM information in those pages. To keep yourself informed, add WebRss or WebAtom feeds in your usual news reader.

Questions, feedback, patches and enhancement are the way open source communities live. Go to LinksToCommunities page for a natural way to interact with material presented on this website.

Base components

  Getting started

The GettingStarted page is the entry point allowing you to experience a Linux4SAM demo system on your AT91SAM Evaluation Kit. Other pages deal with components involved in that demo and explain how to build it from sources.

  Software tools

  AT91Bootstrap

  U-Boot

  Linux Kernel

Open source embedded distribution solutions

These very big Open Source projects are able to crosscompile an entire Linux system. They produce full featured root filesystems with many tools and a comprehensive set of applications.

  OpenEmbedded / Angstrom

  BuildRoot