RE: Basic question: how to flash omap system with ccs?

["Li Weichen" <iaadoa@gmail.com>]

Hi Steven,

Thank you for your reply.  But I cannot find how to download a file to the
board in CCS since I am quite unfamiliar with this software.  Could you
please be so kind to show me?  

Thanks and best regards!


Li Weichen
2005-11-28
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kipisz, Steven [mailto:s-kipisz2@ti.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 9:20 PM
> To: Olav Kongas; Li Weichen
> Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com
> Subject: RE: Basic question: how to flash omap system with ccs?
> 
> CCS 3.1 supports ELF file formats, which is the same format as the
> u-boot executable.  You should be able to use a CCS gel file to
> configure SDRAM, peripherals, etc. so that CCS can load u-boot into
> SDRAM and run it.  Once u-boot is running, you download u-boot.bin and
> write it to flash.  If anybody has a gel file for a 5912, he/she could
> probably send it to you.  I've don't this with other OMAP platforms.
> 
> The SRAM option sounds interesting.  You could probably build u-boot for
> SDRAM (the normal build) and save the binary file as something like
> u-boot-sdram.bin.  Then build a SRAM version - look at
> u-boot/board/omap5912osk/config.mk.  The TEXT_BASE value is where u-boot
> will load.  Change this to a SRAM area, rebuild u-boot, and use CCS to
> download the ELF format u-boot.  Once that is running in SRAM, download
> and flash the SDRAM version .bin file.  I've never tried this, but it
> sounds like it might work, assuming the binary image and the executing
> image fit into the 250k SRAM.
> 
> Steve K.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com
> [mailto:linux-omap-open-source-bounces@linux.omap.com] On Behalf Of Olav
> Kongas
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 3:55 PM
> To: Li Weichen
> Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com
> Subject: Re: Basic question: how to flash omap system with ccs?
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, Li Weichen wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have an TI XDS560 emulator and CCS 3.1 by hand.  Can I load the
> > bootloader, kernel and file system with them?  I have never used CCS
> before,
> > so I eagerly hope someone could show me the steps or where I can find
> the
> > answer.
> 
> I'm right now working on the same problem. I'm using XDS510
> if that matters. The aim is to transfer u-boot to omap5912's
> SRAM and then burn it into the virgin onboard flash of our
> custom board. I plan to transfer kernel and the rest later
> when already booted up from u-boot.
> 
> Initially I started to modify u-boot so that it could run in
> SRAM, with jtag connected, so that I could use u-boot
> functionality to burn itself into flash. However, it turned
> out more and more changes to u-boot were needed so I decided
> to whip up a little custom flash programmer for that.
> 
> The scheme is the following: the u-boot image will be
> appended to the flash programmer image, the result will be
> converted to the TI's COFF format and transferred from CCS
> over jtag to omap's SRAM, where the programmer will be
> started.
> 
> I have CCS and jtag emulator working. I really recommend to
> carefully read the instructions at Spectrum Digital's
> webpage on how to set it all correctly up. I have written a
> little COFF header generator to convert raw images into TI's
> COFF; that's the format the CCS agrees to load over jtag. If
> you want the tool just let me know. Currently I am working
> on the flash programmer.
> 
> Olav
> 
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