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Re: Redboot on Linux synthetic?
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at chez-thomas dot org>
- To: Craig Vanderborgh <craigv at voxware dot com>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 12 Jun 2002 18:41:40 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot on Linux synthetic?
- References: <3D07C521.315F4B48@voxware.com>
On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 16:03, Craig Vanderborgh wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I am interested in using the linux synthetic target to develop additions
> to Redboot. Can Redboot be built to run as a synthetic target? I tried
> to set this up using ecosconfig, and here's what I get:
>
> m5% ecosconfig new i386linux redboot
> U CYGDBG_HAL_COMMON_CONTEXT_SAVE_MINIMUM, new inferred value 0
> U CYGFUN_LIBC_STRING_BSD_FUNCS, new inferred value 0
> C CYGBLD_BUILD_REDBOOT, "requires" constraint not satisfied: CYGSEM_HAL_VIRTUAL_VECTOR_SUPPORT
> C CYGPRI_REDBOOT_ROM_MONITOR, "requires" constraint not satisfied: CYGSEM_HAL_ROM_MONITOR
>
> Does this mean that HAL support for linux synthetic is incomplete so far
> as Redboot's needs are concerned? Please advise.
RedBoot doesn't make sense to be used with the Linux synthetic target.
RedBoot is bootstrap firmware - with the synthetic target, you already
have bootstrap firmware, called Linux :-)
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