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Re: Redboot vs GDB application download (ARM E7T)
- From: Mark Salter <msalter at redhat dot com>
- To: Ali Sina <replay688 at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: gary at mlbassoc dot com, ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:34:07 -0400
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot vs GDB application download (ARM E7T)
- References: <BAY108-F29617AEB2392D0A7C65586EAF50@phx.gbl>
On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 20:45 +0000, Ali Sina wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is there any difference between loading an application to RAM and running it
> there via Redboot as opposed to via GDB?
>
> On the E7T with a ROM Redboot I observe the following:
> - loading the app to RAM via GDB and starting it (continue) works fine.
> Application has not crashed in months.
> - loading the same code to RAM via Redboot (load -m xmodem) and starting it
> (go) will start the application but the systems hangs after a few seconds.
>
> Anyone a clue as to why this could be happening?
>
The go command will turn off caches by default. Loading and running with
gdb won't turn off caches.
--Mark
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