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Re: Question about boot loading and so on
- To: Hansjörg Petriffer <hpetriffer at grips dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Question about boot loading and so on
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:55:51 +0000
- Cc: "'ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com'" <ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <C05DB78BB4E1D411B6C100508BF7DCD53272E6@GRIPS_NTS2>
Hansjörg Petriffer wrote:
>
> If I compile ecos (default configuration for i386) with the configuration
> tool, the only things that I receive are the object files and librarys.
> isn't it? If I make the tests than I receive exe files. Are this the image
> to load on the board where ecos is running or can I use only with the gdb
> module?
You load the gdb_module from a floppy. Then the eCos test exes that were
built with the default i386 configuration can be downloaded to the target
PC over a serial line.
Alternatively, you can create a new build directory, choose the default
configuration for i386 but then change the configuration option
"CYG_HAL_STARTUP" from RAM to FLOPPY. Then when you build the tests in that
configuration, they _should_ be able to be written straight to floppy. A
few people have reported some difficulties with this admittedly.
> Until now I have found something in the case when I wan't use the gdb
"wan't" -> "want to"? or "won't" ?
> module.
> Can anyone say me, where I can find more about that in the docu?
The Getting started manual is the best guide (for some value of best :-/ -
our docs are in need of an overhaul).
Jifl
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