Re: [ECOS] RedBoot and eCos

["Trenton D. Adams" <trenton_adams at hotmail dot com>]

Thanks.  The static linking thing explains a whole lot.  Without that
information I might have ended up trying to some how link RedBoot and the
kernel all together! LOL.

I've read most of the RedBoot documentation, I just didn't notice any part
that explained all this.  However, it looks like the link you gave me has
got a lot more information than the old documentation.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Thomas" <gthomas@cambridge.redhat.com>
To: "Trenton Adams" <trenton_adams@hotmail.com>
Cc: <ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com>; <cpereira@ics.uci.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot and eCos


>
> On 06-Jun-2001 Trenton Adams wrote:
> > So you're saying that  RedBoot does have an actual eCos kernel with it
then?
>
> RedBoot only uses the eCos HAL.
>
> >   Or does the kernel, and all the other required libraries just get
linked
> > statically with the eCos application?
>
> All eCos programs are statically linked with whatever pieces of the eCos
kernel
> you need.  RedBoot (a very simple eCos program) only uses the HAL.  Some
other
> program, e.g. a networking application, would need the kernel, the TCP/IP
stack,
> etc.
>
> RedBoot is [primarily] just a tool for getting other applications into a
board.
> It can also handle startup tasks, managing of Flash images, etc.
>
> Have a look at the RedBoot documentation at:
>   http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/docs-latest/redboot/redboot.html
>