[ECOS] FLASH configuration checksum error
Gary Thomas
gthomas@redhat.com
Wed Sep 26 18:15:00 GMT 2001
On Wed, 2001-09-26 at 21:12, Warren Jasper wrote:
>
> If that is the case, why do I always get the message:
>
> FLASH configuration checksum error or invalid key
>
> How do I turn that message off (besides commenting it out of the code)?
>
This message simply says that the 'fconfig' database is not setup
correctly. Running 'fconfig' and making some change which will cause
the database to be written to FLASH should fix it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Thomas [ mailto:gthomas@redhat.com ]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:03 PM
> To: Warren Jasper
> Cc: 'eCos Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [ECOS] FLASH configuration checksum error
>
>
> On Wed, 2001-09-26 at 00:23, Warren Jasper wrote:
> >
> >
> > In that case, there will always be a checksum error on the RedBoot monitor
>
> > when loading redboot.bin. I guess I could always load it to RAM and then
> > save it
> > into ROM with fis create ...
> >
>
> Actually if the stored CRC is zero, no checks are made.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gary Thomas [ mailto:gthomas@redhat.com ]
> > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 6:04 PM
> > To: Jonathan Larmour
> > Cc: Warren Jasper; 'eCos Discussion'
> > Subject: Re: [ECOS] FLASH configuration checksum error
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2001-09-24 at 23:53, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
> > > Warren Jasper wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I don't think that's it. I looked at the code, and it has
> > > > the correct ending block. However, when I do a
> > > >
> > > > fis list -c
> > > > Name Flash addr Checksum Length Entry point
> > > > RedBoot 0x08000000 0x00000000 0x00040000 0x00000000
> > > > RedBoot[backup] 0x08040000 0x00000000 0x00040000 0x00000000
> > > > RedBoot config 0x07870000 0x00000000 0x00010000 0x00000000
> > > > FIS directory 0x087C0000 0x00000000 0x00040000 0x00000000
> > > >
> > > > Why are all the checksum entries zero? How do I set them?
> > >
> > > They're meant to be set automatically when the config is written. UTSL.
> >
> > Actually, they are only set when a file/image is written ('fis create').
> > Building the directory ('fis init') will set them to zero.
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