How to Build RedBoot Image for IXDP425？

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Outline

• Obtaining the Software

• Using the Certified Binaries

• Building Binary Images from Source

• Installing RedBoot

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Obtaining the Software

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Using the Certified Binaries

• The Quickest Way

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Building Binary Images from Source

• Prepare the Host Platform

• Install the Tool Chain

• Set UP the Tool Chain

• Obtain the RedBoot Source Code

• Setting Up, Configuring , and Building RedBoot

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Prepare the Host Platform

• Intel Pentium III 550-MHz Class host System

• 256M of RAM

• Red Hat 7.3 Linux

( Everything option installed )

• Red Hat 8.0 and 9.0 distribution are not supported at this time.

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Install the Tool Chain

• Tool Chain can be obtained from ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/private/gnupro-xscale-030422

• Extract the install script

• As root, install the tool chain

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Set UP the Tool Chain

• Create the symbolic links for arm-elf to their xscale-elf equivalents using these commands.

• To ensure that the correct tool chain is used, add it to your PATH.

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Obtain the RedBoot Source Code

• Make a working directory for the build.

• Obtain the certified Red Hat RedBoot source code (redboot-intel-xscale-031212.tar.Z) from the following site ：ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/private/gnupro-xscale-030422

• Untar the RedBoot source

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Setting Up, Configuring , and Building RedBoot

• Use these commands to set up the build

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Setting Up, Configuring , and Building RedBoot (cont.)

• Add the NPE support eCos Package to the RedBoot build

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Setting Up, Configuring , and Building RedBoot (cont.)

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Setting Up, Configuring , and Building RedBoot (cont.)

•Configure and build the RedBoot images.

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Setting Up, Configuring , and Building RedBoot (cont.)

• When the build is complete, the target images are in the directory.

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Installing RedBoot

• Stand-alone Flash Programmers

• JTAG-based Flash Programmers– VisionICE

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Future Works

• Purchase Flash ROM

• Study More about eCos and IXDP425