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Re: virtual vectors problem
I use a specific platform based on ARM7TDMI on which i ported eCos.
Stephane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Thomas" <gary@mlbassoc.com>
To: "Stephane Royo" <stephane.royo@europe-technologies.com>
Cc: <ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOS] virtual vectors problem
> On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 15:25 +0200, Stephane Royo wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I updated eCos via CVS, then my application two months ago. Since, i
noticed
> > that the comm_channels variable -used to contain the functions pointer
on
> > serial communication channel- is no more in data section but it is in
bss
> > section.
> >
> > So, when my application is configurated to works in RAM in order to
debug
> > it, i have problem. Indeed, in this configuration i use the option
"Inherit
> > console settings from ROM monitor", but unfortunately the comm_channels
> > variable is put to zero during the bss initialization consequently, all
> > subsequent accesses to comm_channels variable cause a hardware reset.
> >
> > I didn't find anything in eCos sources or in my configuration (ecc file)
> > which explains this change of location, but to solve the problem i
> > initialized the comm_channels at the time of declaration : static
> > hal_virtual_comm_table_t
> > comm_channels[CYGNUM_HAL_VIRTUAL_VECTOR_NUM_CHANNELS+1]={0};
> >
> > Anybody, could help me to understand the problem ?
>
> We'd need to know what platform/target you are using. This stuff
> works (has worked for many years), so it's probably something "special"
> in your target support.
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Gary Thomas | Consulting for the
> MLB Associates | Embedded world
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