Binary IPL

[Dmitri Poustovalov]

I have Embedded Planet 860 RPX board and I'd like to burn _binary_ IPL to
FLASH. Embedded Kit makes ipl-rpx-lite IPL in srec format. If I modify
800fads.link with binary instead of srec then ld screams something about
..text and a negative address (sorry, don't have ld output handy). mkrec
converts from binary to srec. mkimage is simply missing from Embedded Kit as
well as a few more things. I hate saying this but Embedded Kit packaging is
very lame Guys, try a clean installation and you'll see that no RPX-lite
stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems


The whole idea behind RPX-Lite packaging is that QNX stuff will be burnt
with RPX FLASH burner. (At least I am getting this impression from
docs.)Unfortunately such approach will not work for field upgrades.

[Chris McKillop]

Look into using ntoppc-objcopy to copy the ipl from srec to binary.

chris

Dmitri Poustovalov <pdmitri@sympatico.ca> wrote:

I have Embedded Planet 860 RPX board and I'd like to burn _binary_ IPL to
FLASH. Embedded Kit makes ipl-rpx-lite IPL in srec format. If I modify
800fads.link with binary instead of srec then ld screams something about
.text and a negative address (sorry, don't have ld output handy). mkrec
converts from binary to srec. mkimage is simply missing from Embedded Kit as
well as a few more things. I hate saying this but Embedded Kit packaging is
very lame Guys, try a clean installation and you'll see that no RPX-lite
stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems


The whole idea behind RPX-Lite packaging is that QNX stuff will be burnt
with RPX FLASH burner. (At least I am getting this impression from
docs.)Unfortunately such approach will not work for field upgrades.

--
Chris McKillop <cdm@qnx.com> "The faster I go, the behinder I get."
Software Engineer, QSSL -- Lewis Carroll --
http://qnx.wox.org/

[Dmitri Poustovalov]

try a clean installation and you'll see that no RPX-lite

stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems

Yeh, I wish it was as my mistypo said It can NOT be "make"-ed w/o
problems.

For example, -I and -L options in makefiles point everywhere but still not

in right place.



"Dmitri Poustovalov" <pdmitri@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:aaf01f$psg$1@inn.qnx.com...

I have Embedded Planet 860 RPX board and I'd like to burn _binary_ IPL to
FLASH. Embedded Kit makes ipl-rpx-lite IPL in srec format. If I modify
800fads.link with binary instead of srec then ld screams something about
.text and a negative address (sorry, don't have ld output handy). mkrec
converts from binary to srec. mkimage is simply missing from Embedded Kit
as
well as a few more things. I hate saying this but Embedded Kit packaging
is
very lame Guys, try a clean installation and you'll see that no
RPX-lite
stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems


The whole idea behind RPX-Lite packaging is that QNX stuff will be burnt
with RPX FLASH burner. (At least I am getting this impression from
docs.)Unfortunately such approach will not work for field upgrades.

[Dmitri Poustovalov]

Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

"Chris McKillop" <cdm@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:aaf1g8$du$2@nntp.qnx.com...

Look into using ntoppc-objcopy to copy the ipl from srec to binary.

chris

Dmitri Poustovalov <pdmitri@sympatico.ca> wrote:
I have Embedded Planet 860 RPX board and I'd like to burn _binary_ IPL
to
FLASH. Embedded Kit makes ipl-rpx-lite IPL in srec format. If I modify
800fads.link with binary instead of srec then ld screams something about
.text and a negative address (sorry, don't have ld output handy). mkrec
converts from binary to srec. mkimage is simply missing from Embedded
Kit as
well as a few more things. I hate saying this but Embedded Kit packaging
is
very lame Guys, try a clean installation and you'll see that no
RPX-lite
stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems


The whole idea behind RPX-Lite packaging is that QNX stuff will be burnt
with RPX FLASH burner. (At least I am getting this impression from
docs.)Unfortunately such approach will not work for field upgrades.



--
Chris McKillop <cdm@qnx.com> "The faster I go, the behinder I get."
Software Engineer, QSSL -- Lewis Carroll --
http://qnx.wox.org/

[John Wall]

Dmitri Poustovalov <pdmitri@sympatico.ca> wrote:
: I have Embedded Planet 860 RPX board and I'd like to burn _binary_ IPL to
: FLASH. Embedded Kit makes ipl-rpx-lite IPL in srec format. If I modify
: 800fads.link with binary instead of srec then ld screams something about
: .text and a negative address (sorry, don't have ld output handy). mkrec
: converts from binary to srec. mkimage is simply missing from Embedded Kit as
: well as a few more things. I hate saying this but Embedded Kit packaging is
: very lame Guys, try a clean installation and you'll see that no RPX-lite
: stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems


: The whole idea behind RPX-Lite packaging is that QNX stuff will be burnt
: with RPX FLASH burner. (At least I am getting this impression from
: docs.)Unfortunately such approach will not work for field upgrades.


objcopy -O binary ipl-rpx-lite ipl-rpx-lite.bin

--
John


--
John Wall
QSSL
Custom Engineering Group (R&D)

[John Wall]

Dmitri Poustovalov <pdmitri@sympatico.ca> wrote:
:> try a clean installation and you'll see that no RPX-lite

:> stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems

: Yeh, I wish it was as my mistypo said It can NOT be "make"-ed w/o
: problems.

: For example, -I and -L options in makefiles point everywhere but still not

: in right place.

Did you type "make" from the root (i.e. /rpx-lite). On my
system it builds cleanly.

--
John


: "Dmitri Poustovalov" <pdmitri@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
: news:aaf01f$psg$1@inn.qnx.com...
:> I have Embedded Planet 860 RPX board and I'd like to burn _binary_ IPL to
:> FLASH. Embedded Kit makes ipl-rpx-lite IPL in srec format. If I modify
:> 800fads.link with binary instead of srec then ld screams something about
:> .text and a negative address (sorry, don't have ld output handy). mkrec
:> converts from binary to srec. mkimage is simply missing from Embedded Kit
: as
:> well as a few more things. I hate saying this but Embedded Kit packaging
: is
:> very lame Guys, try a clean installation and you'll see that no
: RPX-lite
:> stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems
:>
:>
:> The whole idea behind RPX-Lite packaging is that QNX stuff will be burnt
:> with RPX FLASH burner. (At least I am getting this impression from
:> docs.)Unfortunately such approach will not work for field upgrades.
:>
:>



--
John Wall
QSSL
Custom Engineering Group (R&D)

[Dmitri Poustovalov]

Ok, I see. It's not a bug. It's a feature

Dmitri "As soon as I see Make(me)file I make it" Poustovalov

"John Wall" <jwall@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:aambsc$gu2$2@nntp.qnx.com...

Dmitri Poustovalov <pdmitri@sympatico.ca> wrote:
:> try a clean installation and you'll see that no RPX-lite

:> stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems

: Yeh, I wish it was as my mistypo said It can NOT be "make"-ed w/o
: problems.

: For example, -I and -L options in makefiles point everywhere but still
not

: in right place.

Did you type "make" from the root (i.e. /rpx-lite). On my
system it builds cleanly.

--
John


: "Dmitri Poustovalov" <pdmitri@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
: news:aaf01f$psg$1@inn.qnx.com...
:> I have Embedded Planet 860 RPX board and I'd like to burn _binary_ IPL
to
:> FLASH. Embedded Kit makes ipl-rpx-lite IPL in srec format. If I modify
:> 800fads.link with binary instead of srec then ld screams something
about
:> .text and a negative address (sorry, don't have ld output handy). mkrec
:> converts from binary to srec. mkimage is simply missing from Embedded
Kit
: as
:> well as a few more things. I hate saying this but Embedded Kit
packaging
: is
:> very lame Guys, try a clean installation and you'll see that no
: RPX-lite
:> stuff can be "make"-ed w/o fixing minor problems
:
:
:> The whole idea behind RPX-Lite packaging is that QNX stuff will be
burnt
:> with RPX FLASH burner. (At least I am getting this impression from
:> docs.)Unfortunately such approach will not work for field upgrades.
:
:



--
John Wall
QSSL
Custom Engineering Group (R&D)