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Re: again PCx86 target, console question
- From: max <maxrtos at yahoo dot com>
- To: Nick Garnett <nickg at calivar dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Cc: ecos <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:43:41 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] again PCx86 target, console question
--- Nick Garnett <nickg@calivar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> max <maxrtos@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > I have posted this before, I have tried play with
> some
> > files without success. I post my problem again.
> Give
> > me
> > your comments.
> >
> > I have used two version of redboot: one was prety
> old
> > built back in 2001 from time stamp. Which was
> working
> > OK from prospective of problem I am describing. My
> > host connect to COM1 on my target through
> > HyperTerminal. I can see target (redboot) boot up
> and
> > print the logo on my Hyperterminal.
> >
> > The one that I have problem is a newer version. I
> > built one myself and get one binary from CVS, both
> > behaves the same way. I could not see redboot show
> > upon my HyperTerminal. My target's COM ports
> should
> > work OK just as described above.
> >
> > Then I switch to one of my desktop as target,
> > everything works fine, if I use HyperTerminal, it
> > shows up on the HyperTerminal, otherwise it shows
> up
> > on VGA screen.
> >
> > So it worked differently ontwo targets. My target
> is a
> > prety one ZF 386 SBC.
> >
> > I welcom any comments, hints to help me trace my
> > problem down.
> > Any sugestion to disgnose the problem on redboot.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > M
>
> One thing we have had problems with in the past is
> that some IDE
> controllers behave strangely, and can result in
> redboot locking during
> startup.
>
> A quick test for this problem is to disable IDE
> support in
> RedBoot. Disable the CYGSEM_REDBOOT_DISK_IDE or the
> CYGPKG_REDBOOT_DISK options and rebuild.
Thansk for suggestion. But not seems to be this.
>
>
> --
> Nick Garnett - eCos Kernel Architect
>
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