Re: [ECOS] how to check my modifications to the kernel without a board?

["xiaolu zhao" <deerxiaolu@gmail.com>]

Thank you so much for your help!! But I still not very clear about
some problems.

1. If "Redboot does not use the kernel" , does that mean if I want to
see the result of my modification, redboot is no help. But if without
the redboot, can I still use the VMware to run the ecos? Because I
only see the examples about how to run the redboot on VMware.

2. After these steps:
        " ecosconfig new pc_rltk8139
          edit ecos.ecc and change CYG_HAL_STARTUP to floppy
          ecosconfig tree
          make -s tests "
    and compilation of ecos, I also need to run some applications to
verify my   modification( like get some calculation results). How I
can run the applications and see the results?

Thank you!!!


> > Hi, I met a big problem, would you like to give me some advices?
> >
> > I did some modifications to the ecos Kernel code(like in sched.cxx,
> > thread.hxx etc.). But I have no a real hardware board. So I want to
> > use VMware as a virtual machine to see the results.Is it possible?
>
> Should be, but i have never done it myself. However, i would actually
> recommend using the synthetic target on Linux.

> > I tried the redbbot on the Vmware and the "hello.c" example works. But
> > after I modified the kernel code and rebuild the ecos using the
> > configtool, it did not give any compilation complaints. I know it is
> > impossible, there should be a lot of errors in the code. Does Redbbot
> > have nothing to do with the ecos kernel files?
>
>
> > If the redboot has nothing to do with the kernels, how can I check my
> > modificaiton to the kernel files with VMare?
>
> I would suggest you use the kernel test cases. These are good tests to
> see if your changes have broken anything.
>
> Try doing:
>
> ecosconfig new pc_rltk8139
> edit ecos.ecc and change CYG_HAL_STARTUP to floppy
> ecosconfig tree
> make -s tests
>
> Once you have fixed all the compiler error you can run the test cases
> in install/tests/kernel/current.
>
>   Andrew
>

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