Re: [ECOS] Question about MBX860 redboot Flash/Ethernet support.

[Robin Farine <acnrf at dial dot eunet dot ch>]

"Nohee Ko" <nhko@gctsemi.com> writes:

>  hi.
>  I ported simple mbx redboot to my mpc860 platform.
> my mpc860 platform is different from MBX board but very similiar to
> that.
> 
> But unfortunately, Flash and Ethernet have not been  supported yet.
>  
> 
> so I have a few questions about it.
> 
> 1. MBX860 module uses Flash AM29F040B. But my mpc860 module uses Flash
> AM29LV160.
>    Because of the difference of used Flash, my mpc860 module is not
> working properly when redboot starting.
>    "FLASH : driver init failed !" message occurs on debug monitor.
>    ( this case happens when RedBoot start with Flash and Ethernet
> support . Without Flash support, RedBoot runs well on
>     my board).
>    So I'd like to know the reason why  "FLASH : driver init failed !"
> message occurs on debug monitor.
>    Moreover after printing this message, RedBoot stop! . So I can not
> test my board using debug monitor any more.
>   ( I can't key in any commands to debug monitor)
> 

You can disable flash support with a command like:

  ecosconfig remove CYGPKG_DEVS_FLASH_<platform>

look your ecos.ecc file for the value to substitute to <platform>.

> 
> 2. I know I can use ethernet using BOOTP without Flash support.  But I don't
> understand how it works.  So could you explain it in more detail?
> 

A possible solution uses a hook in "packages/redboot/<ver>/src/net/net_io.c"
(see below between <patch> and </patch>) that lets the application startup
code define its own routine to setup network parameters. Those parameters
consist of RedBoot global variables, such as: __local_ip_addr my_bootp_info
use_bootp and others.

My version of the bootloader (an additional object file added to the standard
RedBoot link objects) defines a RedBoot initializer that assigns the
above-mentioned hook with my own network setup routine.

static void
set_config_hook(void)
{
  net_init_config_hook = setup_net;
}
RedBoot_init(set_config_hook, RedBoot_INIT_FIRST);


HTH,

Robin

<patch>
Index: net_io.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/eCos/base/packages/redboot/current/src/net/net_io.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -U4 -r1.1.1.2 -r1.3
--- net_io.c	2001/04/09 13:50:37	1.1.1.2
+++ net_io.c	2001/04/09 15:12:11	1.3
@@ -517,8 +517,26 @@
 CYG_HAL_TABLE_END( __NETDEVTAB_END__, netdev );
 
 RedBoot_init(net_init, RedBoot_INIT_LAST);
 
+#ifdef CYGSEM_REDBOOT_FLASH_CONFIG
+static void
+read_flash_config(void)
+{
+    // Fetch values from saved config data, if available
+    flash_get_config("net_debug", &net_debug, CONFIG_BOOL);
+    flash_get_config("gdb_port", &gdb_port, CONFIG_INT);
+    flash_get_config("bootp", &use_bootp, CONFIG_BOOL);
+    flash_get_config("bootp_my_ip", &__local_ip_addr, CONFIG_IP);
+    flash_get_config("bootp_server_ip", &my_bootp_info.bp_siaddr, CONFIG_IP);
+}
+
+void (*net_init_config_hook)(void) = read_flash_config;
+#else
+void (*net_init_config_hook)(void);
+#endif
+
+
 void
 net_init(void)
 {
     cyg_netdevtab_entry_t *t;
@@ -526,16 +544,10 @@
     // Set defaults as appropriate
     use_bootp = true;
     net_debug = false;
     gdb_port = CYGNUM_REDBOOT_NETWORKING_TCP_PORT;
-#ifdef CYGSEM_REDBOOT_FLASH_CONFIG
-    // Fetch values from saved config data, if available
-    flash_get_config("net_debug", &net_debug, CONFIG_BOOL);
-    flash_get_config("gdb_port", &gdb_port, CONFIG_INT);
-    flash_get_config("bootp", &use_bootp, CONFIG_BOOL);
-    flash_get_config("bootp_my_ip", &__local_ip_addr, CONFIG_IP);
-    flash_get_config("bootp_server_ip", &my_bootp_info.bp_siaddr, CONFIG_IP);
-#endif
+    if (net_init_config_hook != (void (*)(void))0)
+      net_init_config_hook();
     have_net = false;
     // Make sure the recv buffers are set up
     eth_drv_buffers_init();
     __pktbuf_init();
</patch>