Arm/arm9 altera excalibur, Overview, Initial installation method – Comtrol eCos User Manual
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Chapter 5. Installation and Testing
export ARCH_DIR=arm
export PLATFORM_DIR=arm9/aaed2000
The names of configuration files are listed above with the description of the associated modes.
ARM/ARM9 Altera Excalibur
Overview
RedBoot supports the serial port labelled P2 on the board. The default serial port settings are 57600,8,N,1. RedBoot
also supports flash management on the Excalibur.
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_ROMRAM.ecm
RAM
[RAM]
RedBoot running from
RAM with RedBoot in the
flash boot sector.
redboot_RAM.ecm
REDBOOT
[ROMRAM]
RedBoot running from top
of RAM, but contained in
the board’s flash boot
sector.
redboot_REDBOOT.ecm
NOTE: RedBoot is currently hardwired to use a 128MB SDRAM SIMM module.
Initial Installation Method
A Windows utility (exc_flash_programmer.exe) is used to program flash using the ByteBlasterMV JTAG unit. See
board documentation for details on in situ flash programming.
For ethernet to work (under Linux) the following jumper settings should be used on a REV 2 board:
SW2-9
: OFF
U179
: 2-3
JP14-18 : OPEN
JP40-41 : 2-3
JP51-55 : 2-3
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