On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Sarfraz Qureshi < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Shanly, > Thanks for the reply. We have tried doing this and seem to be getting the > following error: > > #log info 187063 raw > attempting\_to_\_program\_flash_comic_2013_Jun_21_0733.bof > #log error 187069 raw bad\_magic\_in\_file\_bof\_header > !progdev fail > Send me the bof file. > > Also from within roach, on trying ./boffile: we get: cannot execute > binary file > (please refer to > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04193.html). > A BORPH supported kernel is required for you to do this. You would not be able to execute bof files on a prompt as used to be on ROACH1's as it is no longer supported on ROACH2's. You have to use tcpborphserver3 which speaks katcp and uses memory mapped kernel to interact with FPGA. > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Shanly Rajan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sarfraz >> >> You need to have tcpborphserver3 which is a server designed to control >> ROACH2's. tcpborphserver3 requires a kernel with memory mapped device >> driver inorder to handle FPGA transactions. >> >> If you have successfully managed to netboot ROACH2, you should be able to >> now use katcp interface to talk to the FPGA. The supported list of KATCP >> commands can be viewed here: >> tcpborphserver3/README<https://github.com/ska-sa/katcp_devel/blob/master/tcpborphserver3/README> >> >> Bof files should be programmed by connecting to the roach2 using telnet >> and running progdev: >> >> telnet roach-ip 7147 >> ?progdev boffile >> >> I am in the process of completing a wikipage on "getting started with >> ROACH2". You can check it out as soon as its finished. >> >> Regards >> Shanly Rajan >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Sarfraz Qureshi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> We are trying to move on to using memory maped kernel for our roach2, >>> following the discussion on this thread: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04167.html (since >>> we are also facing the same problem when executing bof files) >>> We have downloaded the source files from: >>> https://github.com/shanlyrajan/mmap_driver_devel >>> >>> Can someone please help us with the next step? Currently, we are >>> netbooting the roach2 using the NFS filesystem. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sarfraz Qureshi >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Shanly Rajan >> >> SKA-SA >> DBE Team >> 021 506 7362 (O) >> 072 783 2022 (M) >> > > -- Shanly Rajan SKA-SA DBE Team 021 506 7362 (O) 072 783 2022 (M)
