From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Thomas To: "Mynampati, Venkata S." Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: RE: [ECOS] Unable to load srec files via serial port Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:01:00 -0000 Message-id: References: X-SW-Source: 2001-07/msg00755.html On 24-Jul-2001 Mynampati, Venkata S. wrote: >> > >> > i use this command "load -m ymodem -r -b 0xa1000000". >> > Is there any size limitation for x/y modem upload? >> >> If this is a Motorola S-record file, you probably do not want "-r" >> >> If it fails for large files, perhaps you are running out of memory. >> What does "RedBoot> version" display? > > RedBoot> version displays: > RedBoot(tm) ... env - built July 16 2001 > Platform: IQ80310(XSCALE) > RAM: 0xa0000000-0xa2000000, 0xa0011450-0xa1fd0000 > > I have plenty of memory.i stopped using '-r' option. > > All i want to do is: > copy boot/compressed/vmlinux image into flash and > run 'fis load vmlinux'. > Now, i am able to do that just with vmlinux, but, > 'fis load vmlinux' gives me an error with file format > something like 'file not executable'. That's when i decided You probably get this error because you did not use the "-r XXX" option to 'fix create'. If you don't use this option, 'fis' does not know where in memory to load your image. Alternatively, you could 'fis load vmlinux -b XXX' If you provide the _exact_ output of what you try, we can possibly help more. > to convert vmlinux to vmlinux.srec, using objcopy and try > again, whence i failed to load the file itself. > i am following what is given in Assabet 2.4.5 document on > RedBoot and loading vmlinux kernel. > > I appreciate your help. > Thanks & Regards > Venkat M.