Russell King - ARM Linux Admin writes:
> Mark van Doesburg writes:
> > christophe wrote: I've got an ebsa285 card but not the ARM SDT
> > (only got the demonstration version, which doesn't have angel
> > remote_a)
> >
> > Is there any Linux tool or free dos tool to upload Linux kernel
> > to ebsa285 flash memory ?
> >
> > I've created a very crude program to program the flash in the blank
> > programming mode. It has a module you have to load in order to access
> > the ROM. To program you have to run a simple program which allows you to
> > crash your computer if you get the address wrong :-) Let me know if
> > you're interested.
>
> I do have a working version of Digital's FMU (flash management utility)
> which works under Linux on the EBSA285. However, Digital have put a non-
> freely distributable license on it, so I'm unable to distribute it.
>
> Since the license has been transferred to Intel, what are the chances
> of getting it changed? 0?
I don't see how these tools will acomplish the final goal of getting the
kernel to boot. As far as I can tell the primary boot loader (in flash
block 0) isn't capable of loading an elf kernel which is what has been
generated by the kernel build. Converting this to axf format doesn't
seem to help as the 2nd conditional in head-armv.S tests r1 to determine
the board type (OK, we can bodge this).
Can someone out there who is running a linux kernel on an EBSA285
board please explain how to take the vmlinux generated by 'make all'
and get the thing to boot on an ebsa285 using tools which are publicly
available. [Sorry if I sound frustrated only I'm trying to write my
own boot loader (for linnux for an ebsa285) and is driving me cRaZYYY
:-)]
Note, the dos fmu tools etc. are available on Intels web site.
(follow links from
http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/sa-evaldownload.htm )
[BTW: Who is talking to who in HP about the Journada ? I might be
interested in helping...]
Andrew
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