From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31664 invoked by alias); 15 Jun 2006 15:12:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 31654 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Jun 2006 15:12:31 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from londo.lunn.ch (HELO londo.lunn.ch) (80.238.139.98) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:12:23 +0000 Received: from lunn by londo.lunn.ch with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FqtW5-00014C-00; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:12:17 +0200 Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:12:00 -0000 To: "C. Adam Lamb" Cc: ecos-devel@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Intention to Port eCos to STR9 Message-ID: <20060615151217.GF15848@lunn.ch> References: <4491204D.4000103@siva.com.mk> <015001c6908b$ab608080$63000a0a@corp.ilxlightwave.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <015001c6908b$ab608080$63000a0a@corp.ilxlightwave.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 From: Andrew Lunn X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-devel-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-devel-owner@ecos.sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-06/txt/msg00023.txt.bz2 > New Question: > > I have heard a few people talk about not using Redboot, and instead just > using their JTAG tools to do the loading, flashing, debugging, etc. I > assume that since I will have a JTAG tool I wouldn't necessarily need to use > Redboot, but I am guessing it still might make life easier for a couple of > reasons. First, it will be an easier way to prove out that my HAL is > correct with the simpler set of code. Second, the community will like me > slightly more if I do the work to provide a more complete port for the > STR9... With a JTAG programmer, redboot is optional. Also, since your amount of FLASH is limited, not using redboot does give your application more room. As for testing, redboot is actually quite complex. There are simpler things to start with. Try some of the test programs in the HAL package to start with. Once you have a basic port working getting redboot going is normally trival. Andrew