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Re: Redboot load problem
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: Michael Anburaj <embeddedeng at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: dhiraj_i2k at hotmail dot com,eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 19 Aug 2003 22:47:11 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot load problem
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <Law15-F105bxcbz37cf000692e2@hotmail.com>
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 18:56, Michael Anburaj wrote:
> Hi Dhiraj,
>
> 2 things to note.
>
> >RedBoot> load -v -b 0x10000 pascal.elf -m xmodem
>
> Load either an SREC or binary file (not an elf). ELF images contain headers
> & debug info embedded in it.
>
True, and RedBoot handles ELF files just fine :-)
> Example:
> load -m xmodem
> or
> load -r -m xmodem -b 0x10000
>
> 1st one for srec images & the second one for binary images.
>
> >CCCCCCCCCCan't load 'pascal.elf': Timed out
> >The loading is timed out.
> >Can anyone help??
>
> After issuing this command, you need to send the actual image (srec or .bin
> file) over xmodem protocol <use Hyperterminal (windows) or minicon (linux)>.
>
This is the key. RedBoot has no way to tell your host to start
sending the data - you have to do that. For example, in 'minicom'
when you issue the ^A-S command.
> Refer to the docs at my page:
> http://geocities.com/michaelanburaj/ecos/index.html
>
--
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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