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Re: running test cases


On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 09:11:06AM -0700, grahamlab wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone
> 
> I can see the redboot monitor in minicom running in my virtual box but I
> still cannot get gdb working - I get the same results
> 
> What else can I try?
> 
> Graham
 
To see the prompt is good news, but, that's not enough. You have to
answer on 2 questions: 1st) Can you upload a file with RedBoot using X/Y
modem protocol? and 2nd) Is RedBoot built with GDB support?

First, let's check a upload ability. I assume that your RedBoot supports
X/Y modem protocols.

Create a test image, just ten Kb of random data.

$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=image count=20
20+0 records in
20+0 records out
10240 bytes (10 kB) copied, 0.00334058 s, 3.1 MB/s

$ cksum image
3833649115 10240 image

We have got the test binary file in 10K and we knew its CRC check sum.

Run minicom: `minicom -o', reset the board.

RedBoot> help load
Load a file
   load [-r] [-v] [-d] [-h <host>] [-p <TCP port>][-m <varies>] [-c <channel_number>] [-b <base_address>] <file_name>

Enter a command

RedBoot> load -r -m ymodem -b %{freememlo}
C

Here press ^A-s, choose `ymodem', specify a path to that image and start
the loading. On a success, you must to see something like the below

CRaw file loaded 0x8100b800-0x8100dfff, assumed entry at 0x8100b800            
xyzModem - CRC mode, 83(SOH)/0(STX)/0(CAN) packets, 3 retries                  
RedBoot>

Then using the RedBoot's cksum command check the uploaded image:

RedBoot> cksum
Computing cksum for area 8100b800-8100e000
POSIX cksum = 3833649115 10240 (0xe480d7db 0x00002800)
RedBoot>

As you can see the CRCs are equals. Can you reproduce this on your
target? If you can, then we will try to answer on the second question.

Sergei.


> 
> Sergei Gavrikov-4 wrote:
> > 
> > grahamlab wrote:
> >> Hello again
> >> I am running Umbunto on a pc through  VM Virtual box and targetting
> >> the STM3120E dev board.
> >> I have successfuly built and downloaded RedBoot using St's demo flash
> >> loader. I have verified that this is running by connecting
> >> hyperterminal to the dev board and seeing the RedBoot gdb prompt.
> >> 
> >> I have then performed a default build of eCos for the dev board and
> >> then try to run gdb from the command line in the virtual machine.
> >> 
> >> The command used to invoke gdb was 
> >> arm-eabi-gdb -nw DevBoard_install/tests/kernel/v3_0/tests/bin_sem0
> >> 
> >> at the gdb prompt I type 
> >> set remotebaud 38400
> >> target remote /dev/ttyS0
> >> and get the output below
> > 
> > As I could understand you run GDB on VirtualBox, because your host OS !=
> > Linux. What's about the serial port settings? Be sure that there is not
> > set any flow control for the serial port. Use 'mode' command on the host
> > side and 'stty' on the guest side to check it. Can you download the same
> > executable in the RAM using X/Y/Z modem? Any virtual port is a something
> > different from the real one. First, be sure that you can upload a few
> > tens kilobytes on the target via virtual serial port, and then you can
> > dance with GDB. So, try RedBoot's `load' command and the HyperTerm's
> > `send file' ability to check a communication with the real serial port.
> > Then you can use the guest's `minicom' program to check that the virtual
> > serial port works as expected too. If you'll get the result, then try
> > GDB on the guest again.
> > 
> > 
> > Sergei
> > 
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