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Re: Basic redboot
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: Augusto Salazar <elpirata2000 at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 07:14:51 -0700
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Basic redboot
- References: <20060104135630.86411.qmail@web30406.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 05:56 -0800, Augusto Salazar wrote:
> HI all,
>
> Gary thanks for comments, they will help me a lot.
>
> I have the BDI2000, does anyone has any idea of how to
> load the redboot and the run the redboot from RAM?
>
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>
> Augusto Salazar.
>
> --- Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 00:25 -0800, Augusto Salazar
> > wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I am working in a GRG board and I am starting to
> > move
> > > to a custom board. I would like to start testing
> > from
> > > a really basic redboot.
> > >
> > > How do I remove functionality from the redboot,
> > for
> > > example network,usb and so on, the idea is just to
> > get
> > > the console UART and RAM and FLASH access.
> >
> > Build RedBoot using ecosconfig and add in only the
> > funtions
> > you want. I always start like this:
> >
> > % ecosconfig new <target> redboot
> > % ecosconfig tree
> > % make
> >
> > This will build a RAM version, which on new hardware
> > implies
> > that you have some way to get it into RAM, such as a
> > JTAG
> > debug unit, etc.
> >
> > Then to add new functionality, just add the
> > appropriate
> > package selections.
> >
> > % ecosconfig add flash
> > % ecosconfig tree
> > % make
> >
> > After this command, all FLASH related functions will
> > be
> > enabled.
> >
> > % ecosconfig add eth_drivers
> > % ecosconfig tree
> >
> > This sequence adds networking.
> >
> > etc.
> >
> > --
> >
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> >
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> >
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