Re: Re: Re: [ECOS] compile redboot error for AT91EB40

[Gary Thomas <gthomas at ecoscentric dot com>]

On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 02:18, shouyi wrote:
> Gary Thomas:
> 
> thx, the board which I used is very familer with AT91EB40, it is just the EB40 board added 8019 and usb client,
> 
> so I want to port redboot to this board :)
> 
> If I just remark " #error ", is there any harm to redboot?
> 
> And in "Redboot user's Guide", it is said 
> 
> " exec - Execute a Linux kernel image
> 
> NOTE: This command is not available for all platforms. Its availability is indicated in specific platform information in 
> 
> Chapter 5.", is it available for AT91EB40?
> 

I would say "no".  I really doubt that you want to run Linux on
this hardware (more accurately, I'd be more than surprised if you
*could* run Linux on it).  So, it makes sense to just leave out
that command.  I told you yesterday how to make that happen.

Then you will be able to build a RedBoot for your platform.

> 
> 2002-08-11 08:14:00 you write：
> >On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 13:00, shouyi wrote:
> >> Gary Thomas:
> >> 
> >> but I need the function booting linux, is there some method else?
> >> 
> >
> >Then you need to define CYGARC_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS(x), which typically
> >lives in plf_io.h.
> >
> >Just how do you expect to run Linux on such a platform, which has
> >such limited capabilities (no MMU, virtually no RAM, no networking)?
> >


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