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+========================================================================
+UHD - USRP2 App Notes
+========================================================================
+
+.. contents:: Table of Contents
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Building firmware and FPGA images
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FPGA Image
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Xilinx ISE 10.1 is required to build the FPGA image for the USRP2
+(newer version of ISE are known to build buggy images).
+The build requires that you have a unix-like environment with make.
+Make sure that xtclsh from the Xilinx ISE bin directory is in your $PATH.
+
+Run the following commands:
+::
+
+    cd <uhd-repo-path>/fpga/usrp2/top/u2_rev3
+    make bin
+
+*The image file will be ./build/u2_rev3.bin*
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Firmware Image
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The Microblaze GCC compiler from the Xilinx EDK is required to build the firmware.
+The build requires that you have a unix-like environment with autotools and make.
+Make sure that mb-gcc from the Xilinx EDK/microblaze directory is in your $PATH.
+
+Run the following commands:
+::
+
+    cd <uhd-repo-path>/firmware/microblaze
+    ./boostrap
+    ./configure host=mb
+    make
+
+*The image file will be ./apps/txrx.bin*
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Load the images onto the SD card
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+**Warning!**
+Use the u2_flash_tool with caution. If you specify the wrong device node,
+you could overwrite your hard drive. Make sure that --dev= specifies the SD card.
+
+Load the FPGA image:
+
+::
+
+    cd <uhd-repo-path>/firmware/microblaze
+    sudo ./u2_flash_tool --dev=/dev/sd<XXX> -t fpga -w <path_to_fpga_image>
+
+Load the firmware image:
+
+::
+
+    cd <uhd-repo-path>/firmware/microblaze directory
+    sudo ./u2_flash_tool --dev=/dev/sd<XXX> -t s/w -w <path_to_firmware_image>