From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Larmour To: Hugo Tyson Cc: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] More RedBoot questions Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 05:09:00 -0000 Message-id: <3A59BC14.A20F2705@redhat.com> References: <20010105174137.B3349@visi.com> <3A5662EB.DB42CF34@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-01/msg00073.html Hugo Tyson wrote: > > > > I don't know why we don't support direct loading over the serial port > > though - I'd have thought it would be pretty easy. No time I suppose. Gary? > > FAOD, "load images" here means "get a binary image from a file on some > server, straight into RAM, usually in order to program it into flash" > > It doesn't mean "load an image to run using GDB in the usual manner" > because of course that is supported by GDB stubs over either serial or > net. Sure. But there's a good chance that you've already got GDB sitting around, so why not use it as the loader, rather than trying to find a terminal emulator that reliably supports x/y-modem. Or for that matter, why not just cat foo.bin > /dev/ttyS0 ;). If RedBoot had a checksum command, you could verify it uploaded correctly. Jifl -- Red Hat, Rustat House, Clifton Road, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 (1223) 271062 Un cheval, pas du glue. Pas du cheval, beaucoup du glue. || Opinions==mine