[ECOS] Redboot load problem

Gary Thomas gary@mlbassoc.com
Wed Aug 20 04:47:00 GMT 2003


On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 18:56, Michael Anburaj wrote:
> Hi Dhiraj,
> 
> 2 things to note.
> 
> >RedBoot> load -v -b 0x10000 pascal.elf -m xmodem
> 
> Load either an SREC or binary file (not an elf). ELF images contain headers 
> & debug info embedded in it.
> 

True, and RedBoot handles ELF files just fine :-)

> Example:
> load -m xmodem
> or
> load -r -m xmodem -b 0x10000
> 
> 1st one for srec images & the second one for binary images.
> 
> >CCCCCCCCCCan't load 'pascal.elf': Timed out
> >The loading is timed out.
> >Can anyone help??
> 
> After issuing this command, you need to send the actual image (srec or .bin 
> file) over xmodem protocol <use Hyperterminal (windows) or minicon (linux)>.
> 

This is the key.  RedBoot has no way to tell your host to start
sending the data - you have to do that. For example, in 'minicom'
when you issue the ^A-S command.

> Refer to the docs at my page:
> http://geocities.com/michaelanburaj/ecos/index.html
> 

-- 
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates


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