Re: [ECOS] networking on redboot

[Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>]

Atilay Yilmaz wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
>> Atilay Yilmaz wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
>>>> Please don't top-post :-(
>>>>
>>>> ATILAY YILMAZ wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for quick reply:) it is an ertec400 board. it has 4 ethernet
>>>>> ports and it looks functional since the LEDs are on. however, there is
>>>>> another ethernet controller which is SMSC91C111 as a debug port. this
>>>>> one doesn't work, no LED action, no link up. the ethernet driver for
>>>>> SMSC91C111 is included in ecos packages, I can see that in ecc file.
>>>>> however, I am not sure it is also being used by redboot binary. how
>>>>> can I make sure of that?
>>>> Check the CDL?
>>>> Look in the build directory to see if the driver for that device actually
>>>> was built?
>>>>
>>>> Note: because of the way 'fconfig' works, once you succeed in getting
>>>> this driver to build, you'll want to run 'fconfig -i' to reinitialize
>>>> the database.  Only then will the options to set the ESA be present.
>>>> The driver should work with a fallback ESA until then though.
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
>>>>>> ATILAY YILMAZ wrote:
>>>>>>> does anybody help me about starting networking on redboot? I use an arm9 cpu
>>>>>>> I guess I need to set MAC address, but it doesn't appear on fconfig
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> here is my current config on redboot:
>>>>>>> RedBoot> fis list
>>>>>>> Name              FLASH addr  Mem addr    Length      Entry point
>>>>>>> RedBoot           0x30000000  0x30000000  0x00040000  0x00000000
>>>>>>> FIS directory     0x303F0000  0x303F0000  0x0000F000  0x00000000
>>>>>>> RedBoot config    0x303FF000  0x303FF000  0x00001000  0x00000000
>>>>>>> RedBoot> fconfig
>>>>>>> Run script at boot: false
>>>>>>> Use BOOTP for network configuration: false
>>>>>>> Gateway IP address:
>>>>>>> Local IP address: 192.168.3.17
>>>>>>> Local IP address mask: 255.255.255.0
>>>>>>> Default server IP address: 192.168.3.18
>>>>>>> DNS domain name: <Not a string: 0x23FEF2F5>
>>>>>>> DNS server IP address:
>>>>>>> GDB connection port: 9000
>>>>>>> Force console for special debug messages: false
>>>>>>> Network debug at boot time: true
>>>>>>> RedBoot>
>>>>>> Whether or not the ESA shows up in 'fconfig' depends on the driver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's the platform?  network driver?
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>>>> Gary Thomas                 |  Consulting for the
>>>> MLB Associates              |    Embedded world
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>>>>
>>> well, cdl for driver (CYGPKG_DEVS_ETH_ARM_ERTEC) is
>>> \ecos\packages\devs\eth\arm\ertec\current\cdl\ertec_eth_drivers.cdl
>>> and also CYGPKG_DEVS_ETH_ARM_ERTEC exists in ecos.db.  the c file is
>>> under \ecos\packages\devs\eth\arm\ertec\current\src. however, it is
>>> not built under  \ECOS\EB400_build\devs\eth\arm\ertec\current\ (this
>>> is my location for eclipse project). what may be the reason for that?
>> Look in 'ecos.ecc' - it will tell you why
>>
> Thanks, I found the reason, it compiles now:)
> 

Care to share - that way the mailing list archives may be able
to help the next person with a similar problem :-)


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