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Re: Downloading to the flash on ARM E7T
- To: Lars dot Lindqvist at combitechsystems dot com
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Downloading to the flash on ARM E7T
- From: Jesper Skov <jskov at redhat dot com>
- Date: 04 Sep 2001 14:03:40 +0200
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <2253171AF143D21185A60000F8FA748B02F5ECB3@pluto.combitech.se>
>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Lindqvist <Lars.Lindqvist@combitechsystems.com> writes:
Lars> For some reason the file is downloaded at 8000 instead of
Lars> 1830000, see the following screen dump:
It's probably just the RAM bounce buffer used by the BSL.
Lars> And when I scan the rom for bootable modules using the boot
Lars> command of BSL there is no indication of the downloaded
Lars> software. Perhaps I have to provide the module header data
Lars> structure (as described in the BSL reference) before
Lars> downloading?
You definitely need that header. See the E7T RedBoot generation for an
example.
Lars> Perhaps I should not use BSL at all? Is it possible to use Angel
Lars> or Redboot together with GDB to program the flash on the e7t
Lars> board?
Don't know about Angel, but you can't with RedBoot; don't want to risk
people accidently bricking the board, so it doesn't not support flash
programming.
Jesper