Platform resource usage, Rebuilding redboot, Arm/arm9 agilent aaed2000 – Comtrol eCos User Manual

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Chapter 5. Installation and Testing

Platform Resource Usage

The EP7xxx timer #2 is used as a polled timer to provide timeout support for network and XModem file transfers.

Rebuilding RedBoot

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

Chapter 3

:

export TARGET=edb7211

export TARGET=edb7212

export TARGET=edb7312

export ARCH_DIR=arm

export PLATFORM_DIR=edb7xxx

Use one of the TARGET settings only.

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

ARM/ARM9 Agilent AAED2000

Overview

RedBoot supports the serial and ethernet ports on the board. The default serial port settings are 38400,8,N,1.
RedBoot also supports flash management on the AAED2000.

The following RedBoot configurations are supported:

Configuration

Mode

Description

File

ROMRAM

[ROMRAM]

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

redboot_primary_ROMRAM.ecm

RAM

[RAM]

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

redboot_primary_RAM.ecm

Initial Installation Method

It is possible to install RedBoot in one of two ways. Either as the primary bootmonitor on the board (installed to
blocks 0-1 of the flash) or as the secondary bootmonitor on the board (installed to blocks 1-2 of the flash).

Presently, only the former method is supported.

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