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Re: Redboot image load via PCI bus?
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: "Snider, Marc" <Marc dot Snider at icn dot siemens dot com>
- Cc: "'ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com'" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 06 Nov 2003 09:45:54 -0700
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot image load via PCI bus?
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <DC26B4448BEC824C8C4E58845FF9F04CD6A383@Email2.west.icn.siemens.com>
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 09:45, Snider, Marc wrote:
> Is there a canned method implemented somewhere for loading an image via the
> PCI bus (from another host), as opposed to using the network or loading from
> flash? I'd like to load an image from a control host across the PCI bus
> and then burn it to flash... I'm assuming that if there isn't then I'll
> need to modify the do_load command and provide a set of I/O routines that
> map PCI accesses into standard I/O convention...
>
> I'm on a PowerPC440 platform, if the platform matters.
What method would you use to access the image via the PCI?
Can your host access the memory on the board?
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Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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