[ECOS] fconfig in redboot (i386)

[ECOS] fconfig in redboot (i386)

[Robby Ku]

Hi,
  Currently, I have RedBoot installed in my target
PC(i386). The problem is that I cant seem to execute
the "fconfig" command. When I typed and entered the
command, it says illegal command "fconfig". That goes
the same to "fis" command. I believe that this cause
me unable to load any file into my target PC. Please
help out!

Thanks!

Cheers, 

Robby Ku

 

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Re: [ECOS] fconfig in redboot (i386)

[Gary Thomas]

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 19:52, Robby Ku wrote:
> Hi,
>   Currently, I have RedBoot installed in my target
> PC(i386). The problem is that I cant seem to execute
> the "fconfig" command. When I typed and entered the
> command, it says illegal command "fconfig". That goes
> the same to "fis" command. I believe that this cause
> me unable to load any file into my target PC. Please
> help out!

'fconfig' and 'fis' are only available if your platform has
user writable FLASH memory.  The PC platform does not (at least
not our standard one).

You can still load files for execution using the 'load' command
or by starting a GDB session.


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Re: [ECOS] fconfig in redboot (i386)

[Robby Ku]

Hi,
  Thanks for the fast reply to my doubts. So, it has
to be a writable FLASH memory in order to execute both
commands. I am not sure if my target PC has a writable
Flash memory coz i am using a SBC with compact flash.
Anyhow Gary, you said that i can load files using load
command, which i cant seem to do it. How exactly do
you load a file?? This is how I tried to load a file,
say redboot.bin

 load -h host_ipaddr -m TFTP -b base_addr redboot.bin

After i entered the above command, i always get the
message unable to load "redboot.bin"

Note: my host PC is running on WinXP/Cygwin and target
PC is a SBC with RedBoot installed. 

Thanks!

Cheers,

Robby Ku

--- Gary Thomas <gary@chez-thomas.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 19:52, Robby Ku wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   Currently, I have RedBoot installed in my target
> > PC(i386). The problem is that I cant seem to
> execute
> > the "fconfig" command. When I typed and entered
> the
> > command, it says illegal command "fconfig". That
> goes
> > the same to "fis" command. I believe that this
> cause
> > me unable to load any file into my target PC.
> Please
> > help out!
> 
> 'fconfig' and 'fis' are only available if your
> platform has
> user writable FLASH memory.  The PC platform does
> not (at least
> not our standard one).
> 
> You can still load files for execution using the
> 'load' command
> or by starting a GDB session.
> 


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Re: [ECOS] fconfig in redboot (i386)

[Gary Thomas]

On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 21:06, Robby Ku wrote:
> Hi,
>   Thanks for the fast reply to my doubts. So, it has
> to be a writable FLASH memory in order to execute both
> commands. I am not sure if my target PC has a writable
> Flash memory coz i am using a SBC with compact flash.
> Anyhow Gary, you said that i can load files using load
> command, which i cant seem to do it. How exactly do
> you load a file?? This is how I tried to load a file,
> say redboot.bin
> 
>  load -h host_ipaddr -m TFTP -b base_addr redboot.bin
> 
> After i entered the above command, i always get the
> message unable to load "redboot.bin"
> 

This command tells RedBoot to try and load a file, using a
network connection to some host computer via the TFTP protocol.
  * Is your computer "host_ipaddr" running a TFTP server?
  * Does it see the request coming from the target PC?
  * Is the file 'redboot.bin' present on the TFTP server?

These are the sort of "setup" considerations which you need
to take for this to function.

> Note: my host PC is running on WinXP/Cygwin and target
> PC is a SBC with RedBoot installed. 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Robby Ku
> 
> --- Gary Thomas <gary@chez-thomas.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 19:52, Robby Ku wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >   Currently, I have RedBoot installed in my target
> > > PC(i386). The problem is that I cant seem to
> > execute
> > > the "fconfig" command. When I typed and entered
> > the
> > > command, it says illegal command "fconfig". That
> > goes
> > > the same to "fis" command. I believe that this
> > cause
> > > me unable to load any file into my target PC.
> > Please
> > > help out!
> > 
> > 'fconfig' and 'fis' are only available if your
> > platform has
> > user writable FLASH memory.  The PC platform does
> > not (at least
> > not our standard one).
> > 
> > You can still load files for execution using the
> > 'load' command
> > or by starting a GDB session.
> > 
> 
> 
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Re: [ECOS] fconfig in redboot (i386)

[Jose Souto]

Hi Robby,

I'm also testing eCos in a standard PC motherboard. It works flawlessly.
What I did:
- download the floppy image of Redboot
- make a floppy
- connect a null-modem serial cable between your PC workstation and the
  SBC Com1:
- boot your SBC with this floppy
- run GDB (Insight) in your workstation
- using GDB, download any compiled software with eCos to the SBC
- single step, breakpoint, run, without any problem...
There are several messages discussing those steps, check the latest
massages posted by Jose Souto :)

Regards,
Jose Luiz

Robby Ku wrote:

> Hi,
>   Thanks for the fast reply to my doubts. So, it has
> to be a writable FLASH memory in order to execute both
> commands. I am not sure if my target PC has a writable
> Flash memory coz i am using a SBC with compact flash.
> Anyhow Gary, you said that i can load files using load
> command, which i cant seem to do it. How exactly do
> you load a file?? This is how I tried to load a file,
> say redboot.bin
>
>  load -h host_ipaddr -m TFTP -b base_addr redboot.bin
>
> After i entered the above command, i always get the
> message unable to load "redboot.bin"
>
> Note: my host PC is running on WinXP/Cygwin and target
> PC is a SBC with RedBoot installed.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robby Ku
>
> --- Gary Thomas <gary@chez-thomas.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 19:52, Robby Ku wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >   Currently, I have RedBoot installed in my target
> > > PC(i386). The problem is that I cant seem to
> > execute
> > > the "fconfig" command. When I typed and entered
> > the
> > > command, it says illegal command "fconfig". That
> > goes
> > > the same to "fis" command. I believe that this
> > cause
> > > me unable to load any file into my target PC.
> > Please
> > > help out!
> >
> > 'fconfig' and 'fis' are only available if your
> > platform has
> > user writable FLASH memory.  The PC platform does
> > not (at least
> > not our standard one).
> >
> > You can still load files for execution using the
> > 'load' command
> > or by starting a GDB session.
> >
>
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