From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:29:36 -0500 From: Chris Zimman To: Brian Padalino Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: PPCBoot on Ebony board Message-ID: <20030716142936.GA30975@dingdong.cryptoapps.com> Reply-To: Chris Zimman References: <20030715213254.GA27907@dingdong.cryptoapps.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 07:59:28AM -0400, Brian Padalino wrote: > I found the flash programmer utility, but I am actually a bit scared to > flash the flash with the version of PPCBoot that I made. I am working > without a JTAG interface, so flashing using JTAG is out of the question, and > how would I re-flash if the PPCBoot binary I have doesn't work properly? Is > the board running out of EEPROM right now with the IBM Open Shell always > there? I have sifted through the documentation a bit, but haven't found a > straight answer as to exactly how the board is setup right out of the box. If you built a standard U-Boot 440GP config, odds are that it will work fine. If you have a flash programmer, you can always save a copy of the OSOpen image and then reflash with that if U-Boot doesn't come up right. I'm not sure if your board is using the EEPROM, but that's only used for strapping anyway. > Any sort of help is appreciated. I am extremely new to ICE, JTAG and such > embedded systems -- so please, be patient with me (if you can). The first thing I would recommend you do is to get a BDI2000 JTAG debugger. If you're going to be doing any serious work on U-Boot, Linux, etc. this is one of the most valuable tools you can have. --Chris ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/