Intel Evaluation Platform Board Manual IQ80960RM - Manual (Page 17)

IQ80960RM/RN Evaluation Board Manual 2-1
Getting Started 2
This chapter contains instructions for installing the IQ80960RM/RN platform in a host system and,
how to download and execute an application program using Wind River System’s IxWorks
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or
Intel’s CTOOLS software development toolsets.
2.1 Pre-Installation Considerations
This section provides a general overview of the components required to develop and execute a
program on the IQ80960RM/RN platform. IQ80960RM/RN evaluation boards support two
software development toolsets, Wind River System’s IxWorks and Intel’s CTOOLS.
IxWorks is a complete toolset featuring an integrated development environment including a
compiler, assembler, linker, and debugger. It also features a real-time operating system. If you are
using the IxWorks operating system with the TORNADO* development environment, refer to the
Wind River Systems, Inc. documentation referenced in
Section 1.8.3 .
CTOOLS is a complete C/C++-language software-development toolset for developing embedded
applications to run on i960 processors. It contains a C/C++ compiler, the gcc960 and ic960 compiler
driver programs, an assembler, runtime libraries, a collection of software-development tools and
utilities, and printed and on-line documentation. The MON960 Debug Monitor User’s Guide fully
describes the components of MON960, including MON960 commands, the Host Debugger Interface
Library (HDIL), and the MONDB.EXE utility. If you are using MON960 and the CTOOLS toolset,
refer to section
Section 2.2.1, “Installing Software Development Tools” on page 2-1 .
See Chapter 1 for more information on the IxWorks and CTOOLS features.
The IQ80960RM/RN evaluation boards are supplied with IxWorks intelligent real-time operating
system pre-loaded into the on-board Flash. You also have the option of installing the MON960
debug monitor, which is required if you are using the CTOOLS debugging tools, GDB960,
GDB960V, or MONDB.
Section 3.3.1 describes the Flash ROM programming utility, which allows
you to load MON960 onto the platform or re-load IxWorks.
2.2 Software Installation
2.2.1 Installing Software Development Tools
If you haven’t done so already, install your development software as described in its manuals. All
references in this manual to CTOOLS or CrossWind assume that the default directories were
selected during installation. If this is not the case, substitute the appropriate path for the default
path wherever file locations are referenced in this manual.