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diff --git a/docs/03-Linux-kernel-build.txt b/docs/03-Linux-kernel-build.txt
index 972725a..b5d79b2 100644
--- a/docs/03-Linux-kernel-build.txt
+++ b/docs/03-Linux-kernel-build.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ Building and installing a Linux kernel
======================================
A suitable Linux kernel image for use with the virtualizer
-can be built as follows:
+can be built as follows (GCC toolchain used for these steps is:
+CodeSourcery Sourcery G++ Lite 2010.09 v4.5.1)
-$ tar -jxf arm-virtualizer-v2.0-ti-040911.tar.bz2
-$ cd arm-virtualizer-v2.0-ti-040911/bootwrapper
+$ tar -jxf arm-virtualizer-v2_1-171111.tar.bz2
+$ cd arm-virtualizer-v2_1-171111/bootwrapper
$ make clean
$ pushd /tmp
-$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/ael-kernel.git ael-kernel.git
-$ cd ael-kernel.git
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms.git arm-platforms.git
+$ cd arm-platforms.git
$ git checkout -b ael-11.06 origin/ael-11.06
$ yes | make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- vexpress-new_defconfig
$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- -j4
@@ -23,10 +24,10 @@ $ make clean && make
.. in the top bootwrapper directory.
This will result in a file called img.axf located at
-arm-virtualizer-v2.0-ti-040911/bootwrapper/img.axf.
+arm-virtualizer-v2_1-171111/bootwrapper/img.axf.
To launch the ARM FastModel with the virtualizer, first modify
-arm-virtualizer-v2.0-ti-040911/bootwrapper/big-little-MP<x>.mxscript
+arm-virtualizer-v2_1-171111/bootwrapper/big-little-MP<x>.mxscript
as usual to fill in paths to the model binary and the img.axf files. The
mxscript file is adequately commented to assist with this.
@@ -43,11 +44,11 @@ string model = "/home/working_dir/models/RTSM_VE_Cortex-A15x4-A7x4";
The path to the img.axf file is specified using the app directive as
follows:
-string app = "arm-virtualizer-v2.0-ti-040911/bootwrapper/img.axf";
+string app = "arm-virtualizer-v2_1-171111/bootwrapper/img.axf";
The model can then be launched using:
-modeldebugger -s arm-virtualizer-v2.0-ti-040911/bootwrapper/big-little-MP<x>.mxscript
+modeldebugger -s arm-virtualizer-v2_1-171111/bootwrapper/big-little-MP<x>.mxscript
Where 'x' is the 1 or 4 respectively in the case of an MP1 model run or an
MP4 model run.