[ECOS] How to create a Bin file for downloading

[Lewin A.R.W. Edwards]

>Huang Qiang wrote:
> > While using eCos configuration tool and the cross compiler and linker 
> how to
> > build a program to be store in the target's flash memory and start it 
> at the
> > startup?
>
>How to get it onto your board is board dependent. For the EB40 I don't know
>I'm afraid.

Atmel provides, on the EB40's CD-ROM, sources for a flash tool that runs in 
RAM. The procedure is:

* make sure the switch is set for low 64K boot
* boot Angel or GDB stubs on the EB40
* connect with GDB/Insight and upload the flasher program to RAM
* run the flasher program, which somehow accepts the new binary over the 
serial link (I think a raw binary upload, I don't recall right now).
* once complete, flip the switch and reset. (your app gets burned into the 
upper 64K of flash).

I'm 99% finished a little RAM-loaded booter application that is simpler 
(for me) to use. The procedure for my app is:

* boot the EB40's "serial bootloader" by holding down FIQ while resetting
* use the BINCOM utility to upload my app to RAM
* press IRQ0 to start execution
* use Hyperterminal to upload your binary using Xmodem
* wait for LED to go out and you're ready to go

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