Rebuilding redboot, Arm/arm7+arm9 arm integrator, Overview – Comtrol eCos User Manual

Page 194: Initial installation, Quick download instructions

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Chapter 5. Installation and Testing

Rebuilding RedBoot

These shell variables provide the platform-specific information needed for building RedBoot according to the
procedure described in

Chapter 3

:

export TARGET=e7t

export ARCH_DIR=arm

export PLATFORM_DIR=e7t

The names of configuration files are listed above with the description of the associated modes.

ARM/ARM7+ARM9 ARM Integrator

Overview

RedBoot supports both serial ports for communication and downloads. The default serial port settings are
38400,8,N,1.

The following RedBoot configurations are supported:

Configuration

Mode

Description

File

ROM

[ROM]

RedBoot running from the
board’s flash boot sector.

redboot_ROM.ecm

RAM

[RAM]

RedBoot running from
RAM with RedBoot in the
flash boot sector.

redboot_RAM.ecm

ROMRAM

[ROMRAM]

RedBoot running from
RAM, but contained in the
board’s flash boot sector.

redboot_ROMRAM.ecm

Initial Installation

RedBoot is installed using the on-board bootPROM environment. See the user manual for full details.

Quick download instructions

Here are quick start instructions for downloading the prebuilt Redboot image:

Set DIP switch S1[1] to the ON position and reset or power the board up. You will see the bootPROM startup
message on serial port A (J14):

Initialising...

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