Comtrol eCos - Manual (Page 753)

Running a Synthetic Target Application
Name
Execution — Arguments and configuration files
Description
The procedure for configuring and building eCos and an application for the synthetic target is the same as for any
other eCos target. Once an executable has been built it can be run like any Linux program, for example from a shell
prompt,
$ ecos_hello < options >
or using gdb:
$ gdb --nw --quiet --args ecos_hello < options >
(gdb) run
Starting program: ecos_hello < options >
By default use of the I/O auxiliary is disabled. If its I/O facilities are required then the option --io must be used.
Note: In future the default behaviour may change, with the I/O auxiliary being started by default. The option
--nio can be used to prevent the auxiliary from being run.
Command-line Arguments
The syntax for running a synthetic target application is:
$ < ecos_app > [options] [-- [app_options]]
Command line options up to the -- are passed on to the I/O auxiliary. Subsequent arguments are not passed on
to the auxiliary, and hence can be used by the eCos application itself. The full set of arguments can be accessed
through the variables
cyg_hal_sys_argc and cyg_hal_sys_argv .
The following options are accepted as standard:
--io
This option causes the eCos application to spawn the I/O auxiliary during HAL initialization. Without this
option only limited I/O will be available.
--nio
This option prevents the eCos application from spawning the I/O auxiliary. In the current version of the
software this is the default.
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