This book is the Installation Guide for the IBM® Software Development Kit (SDK) for Multicore Acceleration version 3.0.
The SDK is a complete package of tools that help you create applications for hardware platforms built on Cell Broadband Engine Architecture such as the IBM BladeCenter QS21. The SDK is composed of runtime tools such as the Linux® kernel, development tools, software libraries and frameworks, performance tools, a Full-System Simulator, and example source files, all of which fully support the capabilities of the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture.
Packages containing code derived from GPL or LGPL open source software such as GCC are located on the BSC Web site: http://www.bsc.es/projects/deepcomputing/linuxoncell/.
A single integrated installation based on the open source tool YUM installs both IBM and BSC open source components. The SDK is available for download from IBM Passport Advantage® and the IBM developerWorks® Cell Broadband Engine Architecture resource center at http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell/. This book describes the details of installing both a prerequisite Linux operating system and the SDK for supported platforms.