NVIDIA Tegra Tegra Linux Driver Package
Development Guide
October 20, 2016 | 21.5 Release

 
Overview
Welcome to the NVIDIA Tegra Linux Driver Package Developer Guide. It is written for software engineers who wish to understand the NVIDIA® Tegra® Linux Driver Package, sometimes called Linux for Tegra (L4T). Here they will learn how to set up L4T and get started developing systems software and applications that target compatible reference hardware from NVIDIA.
Important: This documentation is preliminary and subject to change. Please see your NVIDIA representative for additional information and to request documentation updates.
Read the following sections to get started using Tegra Linux Driver Package.
Package Manifest—describes the top level directories and files installed when you expand the release TAR file.
Getting Started—provides requirements and set up information to help you get started using the package.
U-Boot Guide—describes the U-Boot implementation for L4T.
Lauterbach Debugging Scripts—lists and describes the Lauterbach debugging scripts for L4T.
Building Crosstool-ng Toolchain and glibc—provides instructions to build the cross toolchain suite version 4.5.3 and the glibc suite with an Ubuntu host machine.
Watchdog Timer describes and provides instructions for the L4T Watchdog timer.
Downloads—links to the downloads available in this release.
Licenses—provides license information for Tegra and 3rd-party software.
Appendix—provides an example configuration file for the crosstool-NG toolchain.
Glossary—provides definitions of key terms.