WinXinu/Installation

System Requirements

• Operating System: Windows XP or Windows Vista
• Ability to connect to XINU server
• Microsoft .Net Framework v3.0 or higher
• Cygwin w/ Development package
• HDD Space
  • 60 megabytes (WinXINU)
  • 1310 megabytes (Cygwin)
  • Total ~1.4 gigabytes

Installation Instructions

Installation Guide

• WinXINU + Cygwin Installation & Configuration Guide

Installing Cygwin

• Step 1: Go to Cygwin.com
• Step 2: Download the installation file, setup.exe
• Step 3: Run Cygwin Setup
  • Note: During setup, the only package that needs to be set to install is the devel package; all others can be set to uninstall or default

Installing WinXINU

• Step 1: Download the setup file
• Step 2: Run the WinXINU setup file

Program Setup Instructions

• Modify the make file of your code
  • Change the first line of the mipsVars file to the location of the WinXINU cross compiler bin
    • NOTE: this should be found within your XINU code directory in the compile subdirectory
    • e.g. xinu/compile/mipsVars

  Example:
   MIPS_ROOT = "C:/WinXINU/cross/bin"

• Modify the server settings XML file
  • Ensure the server IP is correct
  • Ensure that the server port number is correct
  • Ensure that the IP address in the automation command is correct
• Modify the configuration profile settings within the program
  • Navigate to the config tab, then change:
    • the location of cygwin\bin to its location on local machine
    • the location of compile directory where the Makefile is located for final image build