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Re: RedBoot and eCos
- To: "Gary Thomas" <gthomas at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot and eCos
- From: "Trenton D. Adams" <trenton_adams at hotmail dot com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:21:28 -0600
- Cc: <ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>, <cpereira at ics dot uci dot edu>
- References: <XFMail.20010606174637.gthomas@cambridge.redhat.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
>