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Re: still download problem to i386 pc


Hi, I have meet this case with window2000. Which type of download program
you setup??? Is floppy  or ram. You should build your download test program
with ram. But the boot should be floppy.

Hope this will be helpful

Adon Chen


----- Original Message -----
From: "danish iftikhar" <d_iftikhar@hotmail.com>
To: <jlarmour@redhat.com>
Cc: <ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:57 PM
Subject: [ECOS] still download problem to i386 pc


>
>
>
> >From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour@redhat.com>
> >To: danish iftikhar <d_iftikhar@hotmail.com>
> >CC: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
> >Subject: Re: [ECOS] download problem to i386 pc
> >Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 01:11:34 +0100
> >
> >danish iftikhar wrote:
> > >
> > > i have built ecos for i386 pc target . i tried to download the
prebuilt
> >test
> > > case ( thread_gdb) through the serial connection from Linux to the
i386
> >kit
> > > booted from floppy according to the documentation.
> > > it established the connection & started downloading but it took an
hour
> >to
> > > download this program ( extremely slow) , though the baud rate has
been
> >set
> > > at 38400 . moreever during the download it continuously gave this
> >message at
> > > the gdb prompt :
> > >
> > > ignoring package error , continuing ....
> > >
> > > and finally said done.
> > > But when i did "continue " , the same error message came & nothing
> >happened
> >
> >Getting packet (not package :-)) errors is normally fatal - it means your
> >downloaded program will have been corrupted.
> >
> >Check the connections of your serial cable - does it work for other
things?
> >For example, on the linux box, do:
> >
> >cu -s 38400 -l /dev/ttyS0
> >
> >or use "minicom" and type return a few times. You should see packets from
> >the remote GDB stub every time you do it, like:
> >
> >$T0508:.....#ab
> >
> >or similar.
>
>   i tried doing this "cu" command and it send the expected packet which
> indicates that serial link does not have any problem .
>
>
>
> >
> >Look at the PC target's screen - you should see the serial traffic being
> >displayed. If you don't, then it hasn't even got as far as that.
> >
> >Jifl
>
>
>   ya ! some chracters are displayed on the screen , even when the program
is
> loaded , some characters are displayed on the pc . But still it is giving
> the same error while downloading :
> ignoring packet error, continuing ...
>
> today, i tried downloading the hello executable , but it also did'nt
worked
> .. it downloaded all three sections ( .rodata, .data, etc )while giving
the
> same message in between . it took more than 1 hr for this ..in the last it
> showed that the transfer rate was 33 bytes/sec.
> i have not enabled any drivers .. do i need to make some changes in
ecos.ecc
> files for stubs and then build it .
>
> regards
> danish.
>
>
>
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