RE: [ECOS] 1st build of redboot

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

Please copy relies to the list so that all may benefit.

On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 09:06 -0700, Greg Lindberg wrote:
> Ok, using a code tree just from cvs cured the build problems with the eU250
> branch, thanks.
> 
> Seems that the Redboot page that describes how to get the code should talk
> about getting the tools, specifically ecosconfig, because they are not in
> the cvs repository.
> 

Sure it is - you just have to build it.
  % mkdir tools
  % cd tools
  % <ECOS>/configure
  % make
Where <ECOS> is the top-level directory (contains 'host' and 'packages'
directories, amongst others)

If you think the documentation can be improved (either the manuals or 
the web pages), feel free to suggest changes (patches!).  This is a
community project after all :-)

> Greg
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org
> > [mailto:ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org]On Behalf Of Gary Thomas
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:32 PM
> > To: Greg Lindberg
> > Cc: eCos Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [ECOS] 1st build of redboot
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 16:10 -0700, Greg Lindberg wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I'm just getting started with Redboot and ecos.  I trying to build an
> > > existing version of redboot before starting on porting it to the custom
> > > hardware that we're using for our product.  I downloaded the
> > > ecos-installer.sh script and ran that and after trying to
> > configure for an
> > > intel xscale pxa processor, I pulled the latest code from cvs
> > and copied it
> > > on top of the tree that the installer created.  I then was able
> > to configure
> > > for the uE250 board.  I got some warnings and then a failure during the
> > > compile as follows:
> >
> > Use the anonymous CVS tree (instead of the hodge-podge you have).  These
> > problems will vanish.

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