From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18072 invoked by alias); 21 Jun 2006 01:33:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 18062 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Jun 2006 01:33:36 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from sta-204-188-98-27.rockynet.com (HELO hermes.chez-thomas.org) (204.188.98.27) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:33:33 +0000 Received: by hermes.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 999) id C6DF019500B8; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:33:30 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by hermes.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E27F195000F; Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:33:23 -0600 (MDT) From: Gary Thomas To: ajmas@bigfoot.com Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: <20060620231357.HDGY27612.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@smtp1.sympatico.ca> References: <20060620231357.HDGY27612.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@smtp1.sympatico.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:33:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1150853602.16508.72.camel@hermes> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Application and redboot, using same IP address? X-SW-Source: 2006-06/txt/msg00192.txt.bz2 On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 19:13 -0400, Andre-John Mas wrote: > Hi, > > I want to use the fconfig IP values, set in Redboot, from > our application. The idea being that the Redboot is the > command line used to set values that would not otherwise > need to be changed remotely. While hunting through the archives, > I came across this post: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org/msg01854.html > > Can anyone confirm to me the validity of that answer? We only > have one network port, so I am not sure how a boot and an application > can have separate IP addresses? I thought that the Redboot would > simply hand off to the application? > > We do want to eventually debug our application using GBB, so I don't > want to do anything that would prevent us from doing this. That post is entirely accurate - if you want to use RedBoot's stack to run GDB, then RedBoot needs to use one IP address and your application needs to use another. This is how RedBoot and your eCos application can keep their data (use of the wire) separate. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss