Re: Converting vmlinux.initrd to S-RECORD

In message [off-list ref] you write:

I've just read a message posted by Dan in november.
He said that he would post in ppc.kernel.org a prog
to convert file into S-Records.

He wrote:
The program just strips the 64K ELF header and
converts the rest of the file into S-Records.  You can

No special tools needed. You have everything you need in your
toolbox:

	# Strip ELF header
	dd if=zImage of=image bs=64k skip=1
	# Convert to S-records
	objcopy -I binary -O srec image image.srec

Wolfgang Denk

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Hi everyone,
I am new to this whole stuff. I'm a student working on diploma thesis.

My goal is to have linux running on MBX board -WITHOUT- EPPC-Bug, booting
diskless out of the flash-ROM and having a ramdisk and a flash-filesystem.

I use a intel-linux-host and some days before got some LinuxPPC tools from
Wolfgang Denk including working GNU cross-compiler and root filesystem
which seem to be really helpful.

I will need some help in the next months ... My first question is:

How to make use of MPC's BDM (with a linux host), if possible via GDB ?
I know that I need an adapter cable for the parallel port.
Actually I have three of them:

* a so-called "EBDI-Lite" from Motorola
* a "CPU32"-cable which was used for debugging the 68360 with GDB
* a very simple cable according to the suggestions of sergey drashnikov
(found in graham stoneys mailing from Jan 27th, which I found really
helpful. Graham, what is the URL for your HOWTO ?)

I also know that I need some patches for the GDB. I have tested two
variants so far:

* Patches working for 68360 from Greg Ungerer. They look professional but
there is no support for the 860 BDM, maybe I could adopt them.
* Patches from Sergey Drashnikov for 860 who are very "quick and
dirty" and didn't work out of the box (he tested under FreeBSD only).

What would you suggest to do ? Is there any "ready-to-use"-solution ? I
know that there are some commercial tools for Windows (Metrowerks, EST)
but what about linux ?  I thought about adopting the GDB-BDM patches for
360 to 860, but I cannot evaluate how much work it is.

Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.
Tobias


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Tobias Otto-Adamczak writes:

I am new to this whole stuff. I'm a student working on diploma thesis.
My goal is to have linux running on MBX board -WITHOUT- EPPC-Bug, booting
diskless out of the flash-ROM and having a ramdisk and a flash-filesystem.

Cool project; should be a lot of fun. Please do the world a favour in return,
and release your startup code under the GPL when you're done.

How to make use of MPC's BDM (with a linux host), if possible via GDB ?
I know that I need an adapter cable for the parallel port.
Actually I have three of them:

* a so-called "EBDI-Lite" from Motorola
* a "CPU32"-cable which was used for debugging the 68360 with GDB
* a very simple cable according to the suggestions of sergey drashnikov
(found in graham stoneys mailing from Jan 27th, which I found really
helpful. Graham, what is the URL for your HOWTO ?)

Glad you found it helpful; that's just the inspiration I need to keep updating
it. I don't have it up on the 'net yet; I was hoping to get it (or at least a
link to it) put on the "Linux/PPC on Embedded Systems" home page. One problem
is putting it somewhere I can update easily & frequently.

Anyway, as far as BDM goes...

* Patches from Sergey Drashnikov for 860 who are very "quick and
dirty" and didn't work out of the box (he tested under FreeBSD only).

I believe this is currently the only option for doing it under Linux. I'd be
interested if anyone knows whether Sergey's cable is compatible with any of
the simple commercal ones, for those of us who would rather buy something off-
the-shelf.

Here's an updated snippet from my HOWTO:

GDB support for PowerPC BDM under Linux isn't yet available. See the thread:
http://www.oarcorp.com/rtems/freesupport/rtemslistArchive/1999/july/msg00057.htm
l

There are many sources of BDM hardware probes and debuggers:

Macraigor Systems: http://www.macraigor.com/
Currently only support Windoze platform, but say Linux support should be
available sometime in Q1 2000. Beware that the 1999 version of OCD Commander
silently truncates S-records longer than 20 bytes during download.

The Cygwin version of gdb can use the Macraigor DLL, if you're prepared to do
your debugging under Windoze.

Build your own: http://cyclone.parad.ru/ppcdbm/

Commercial solutions, none of which support a Linux development host:
Mentor (X-ray):
http://www.mentor.com/embedded/xray/index.html

Huntsville Microsystems (SourceGate):
http://www.hmi.com/bmd.htm

Tasking (CrossView Pro):
http://www.tasking.com/products/PPC/ppcsolution.htm#debugger

SDS (SingleStep):
http://www.sdsi.com/product/powerpc/index.php3#power

Applied Microsystems (PowerTap):
http://www.amc.com/products/powertap.html

EST Corporation:
http://www.estc.com/

What would you suggest to do ? Is there any "ready-to-use"-solution ? I
know that there are some commercial tools for Windows (Metrowerks, EST)
but what about linux ?  I thought about adopting the GDB-BDM patches for
360 to 860, but I cannot evaluate how much work it is.

If you don't need it right away, my suggestion would be to wait until you do.
Things may well have changed by then as far as Linux support goes.

Regards,
Graham

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Graham Stoney wrote:

GDB support for PowerPC BDM under Linux isn't yet available.....

The HMI BMDs for 8xx/5xx/4xx series work just fine with GDB on any
host platform.  There are many others supported as well, just
take a look at all of the remote-* devices in the GDB sources.


	-- Dan

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Graham Stoney wrote:

quoted

GDB support for PowerPC BDM under Linux isn't yet available.....

Dan Malek writes:

The HMI BMDs for 8xx/5xx/4xx series work just fine with GDB on any
host platform.  There are many others supported as well, just
take a look at all of the remote-* devices in the GDB sources.

Which remote device do the HMI BMDs interface to?  I can't see any mention
of them in the latest gdb snapshots on sourceware.  The only remote- device
I can see which supports PowerPC BDM is the Macraigor one in ppc-bdm.c. This
uses ocd.c, which which relies on Macraigor's WIGGLERS.DLL and hence will
only run under Windows. I'm getting desperate though, so if anyone knows of a
pre-built gdb which supports the Macraigor Raven, please let me know, even if
it only does runs under Windoze.

Thanks,
Graham

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Graham Stoney wrote:

Which remote device do the HMI BMDs interface to?  I can't see any mention
of them in the latest gdb snapshots on sourceware.

Download the patches from their website, then.  I think
it is ftp.hmi.com.....If you still can't find them, let me
know and when I return home after travelling this week I will
send them to you.



	-- Dan

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We've been using 2.2.5 and wanted to move up to 2.2.13

So, we made a diff on all changes we've done on Malek's 2.2.5 and
applied that to 2.2.13.
We then ran a test on it and found 2.2.13 was 3 times slower than 2.2.5!

We haven't analyzed what made the difference (or in fact what changes
we've introduced to 2.2.13 with the patch, other than the reported
conflicts).

Is there anyone that experienced the same fenomena?
What might be the reason for this?

USB,
We've been working on an USB host controller interface for the MPC850
and now it works with the ACM driver. It doesn't support URB for now.

Cheers
 Bjorn
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