From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3ABA33FA.4FD3B2B0@mvista.com> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:18:50 -0500 From: Dan Malek MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael E Crowe Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: EST SBC8260 References: <3ABA21C9.4090003@timesys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Michael E Crowe wrote: > .... In order to put a linux kernel > onto this board, do I have to also purchase a JTAG from WindRiver like > the VisionProbe or is the monitor that resides on the board enough to > get PPCBoot working on it? The early boards I used didn't have much of a monitor, so I always used JTAG. The main problem is the Wind tools assume the monitor is in the on-board flash, and the SIMM is a flash disk. If you power up the board, the monitor will re-write the SIMM into something it understands, so you can't put code out there and expect it to survive (at least with the recent versions I have seen). If you can convince the on-board monitor the flash the local part, well, you get one chance at PPCBoot :-). Buy an Abatron BDI2000. You can use it for lots of things, including programming/debugging PPCBoot and the Linux kernel once you get to that point. It's worth every penny if you place any value on your time. -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/