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Re: RedBoot and eCos
- To: Trenton Adams <trenton_adams at hotmail dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot and eCos
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 17:46:37 -0600 (MDT)
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, cpereira at ics dot uci dot edu
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
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