The
SheevaPlug Development Kit, as sold to me by NewIT in the UK (
http://www.newit.co.uk/shop/products.php?cat=5 ).
- Marvell Kirkwood SoC 88F6281
- Marvell Feroceon ARMv5TE 1200MHz processor
- 512MB DDR2 RAM
- 512MB NAND Flash
- Marvell Fast Ethernet controller
- 1x SDHC slot
- 1x USB 2.0 port (for adding USB peripherals)
- 1x mini-USB 2.0 port (for serial access to SheevaPlug)
- Reset button
NewIT sold the
SheevaPlug with Ubuntu 9.04 on an 8GB SDHC card.
Here I describe what I did to make the
SheevaPlug into a router/firewall...
SheevaPlug:Ubuntu Router/Firewall
Follow the instructions here to add the JTAG board as a USB serial device. Note that the OS X 10.6 (snow leopard) drivers work in 10.7 (lion) too:
http://www.newit.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2128.0
Once the FTDI drivers are loaded I can connect to the JTAG using screen:
screen /dev/tty.usbserial-FTT0GSKVB 115200
Simple screen commands:
- Quit screen: Ctrl - a + k
- Detach screen: Ctrl - a + d
- Re attach to running screen session: screen -r
- Serial port status: Ctrl - a + i